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Definitions for Discharged

[1] to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
[2] to remove or send forth: They discharged the cargo at New York.
[3] to fire or shoot (a firearm or missile): to discharge a gun.
[4] to pour forth; emit: to discharge oil; to discharge a stream of invective.
[5] to relieve oneself of (an obligation, burden, etc.).
[6] to relieve of obligation, responsibility, etc.
[7] to fulfill, perform, or execute (a duty, function, etc.).
[8] to relieve or deprive of office, employment, etc.; dismiss from service.
[9] to release, send away, or allow to go (often followed by from ): The children were discharged early from school. They discharged him from prison.
[10] to pay (a debt).
[11] Law . to release (a defendant, especially one under confinement). to release (a bankrupt) from former debts. to cancel (a contract). to release (bail).
[12] (in a legislative body) to order (a committee) to cease further consideration of a bill so that it can be voted on.
[13] Electricity . to rid (a battery, capacitor, etc.) of a charge of electricity.
[14] Dyeing . to free from a dye, as by chemical bleaching.
[15] to get rid of a burden or load.
[16] to deliver a charge or load.
[17] to pour forth.
[18] to go off or fire, as a firearm or missile.
[19] to blur or run, as a color or dye.
[20] Electricity . to lose or give up a charge of electricity.
[21] the act of discharging a ship, load, etc.
[22] the act of firing a weapon, as an arrow by drawing and releasing the string of the bow, or a gun by exploding the charge of powder.
[23] a sending or coming forth, as of water from a pipe; ejection; emission.
[24] the rate or amount of such issue.
[25] something sent forth or emitted.
[26] a relieving, ridding, or getting rid of something of the nature of a charge.
[27] Law . an acquittal or exoneration. an annulment, as of a court order. the freeing of one held under legal process.
[28] a relieving or being relieved of obligation or liability; fulfillment of an obligation.
[29] the payment of a debt.
[30] a release or dismissal, as from prison, an office, or employment.
[31] a certificate of such a release or a certificate of release from obligation or liability.
[32] the act or process of ordering a legislative committee to cease further consideration of a bill so that it can be voted on.
[33] Military . the separation of a person from military service. a certificate of such separation.
[34] Electricity . the removal or transference of an electric charge, as by the conversion of chemical energy to electrical energy. the equalization of a difference of potential, as between two terminals.
[35] (tr) to release or allow to go the hospital discharged the patient
[36] (tr) to dismiss from or relieve of duty, office, employment, etc
[37] to fire or be fired, as a gun
[38] to pour forth or cause to pour forth the boil discharges pus
[39] (tr) to remove (the cargo) from (a boat, etc); unload
[40] (tr) to perform (the duties of) or meet (the demands of an office, obligation, etc) he discharged his responsibilities as mayor
[41] (tr) to relieve oneself of (a responsibility, debt, etc)
[42] (intr) physics to lose or remove electric charge to form an arc, spark, or corona in a gas to take or supply electrical current from a cell or battery
[43] (tr) law to release (a prisoner from custody, etc)
[44] (tr) to remove dye from (a fabric), as by bleaching
[45] (intr) (of a dye or colour) to blur or run
[46] (tr) architect to spread (weight) evenly over a supporting member to relieve a member of (excess weight) by distribution of pressure
[47] a person or thing that is discharged
[48] dismissal or release from an office, job, institution, etc the document certifying such release
[49] the fulfilment of an obligation or release from a responsibility or liability honourable discharge
[50] the act of removing a load, as of cargo
[51] a pouring forth of a fluid; emission
[52] the act of firing a projectile the volley, bullet, missile, etc, fired
[53] law a release, as of a person held under legal restraint an annulment, as of a court order
[54] physics the act or process of removing or losing charge or of equalizing a potential difference a transient or continuous conduction of electricity through a gas by the formation and movement of electrons and ions in an applied electric field
[55] the volume of fluid flowing along a pipe or a channel in unit time the output rate of a plant or piece of machinery, such as a pump

Words related to Discharged

dischargereleased, fired, freed, sacked, laid-off, accomplished, canned, replaced, ousted, axed, expelled, done, performed

Words nearby Discharged

iscern, discernible, discerning, discernment, discerptible, discharge, discharge lamp, discharge printing, discharge tube, dischargee, discharging arch

Origin of Discharged

1300–50; Middle English deschargen < Anglo-French descharger, Old French < Late Latin discarricāre, equivalent to dis- dis-1 + carricāre to load; see charge

Other words from Discharged

dis·charge·a·ble , adjective
dis·charg·er , noun
non·dis·charg·ing , adjective, noun
pre·dis·charge , noun
pre·dis·charge , verb (used with object), pre·dis·charged, pre·dis·charg·ing.
re·dis·charge , verb, re·dis·charged, re·dis·charg·ing.
un·dis·charge·a·ble , adjective
un·dis·charged , adjective

Synonyms for Discharged

fired, freed, laid-off, released, sacked, axed, canned, ejected, expelled, furloughed, ousted, recalled, replaced, let go, sent away, sent home