discharge

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1

(noun.) substance

ADJ

thick | nasal, vaginal, etc. | effluent, industrial, sewage, waste

electrical, radioactive

The hospital warned patients to avoid the area near the radioactive discharge from the medical equipment.

PREP

~ from

There was a strange discharge from the pipe under the kitchen sink.

2

(noun.) from court

ADJ

absolute | conditional

VERB + DISCHARGE

give

After the trial, the judge gave her a conditional discharge with probation requirements.

3

(verb.) from army/navy, etc.

ADV

dishonourably, honourably

PREP

from

After recovering from her illness, Maria was finally discharged from the hospital last week.

4

(verb.) from prison/court

ADV

conditionally

The patient was conditionally discharged from the hospital after promising to take her medication daily.

5

(verb.) gas/liquid

ADV

directly

PREP

from, into

The factory was ordered to stop discharging toxic waste into the ocean.

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verb

1

To accomplish or complete, as an obligation.

O most dear mistress, / The sun will set before I shall discharge / What I must strive to do.

2

To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to forgive; to clear.

But in deede, the ſecret cauſe that brought Ageſilaus to conſent vnto this practiſe, was the greatnes of his dette which he ought, of the which he hoped to be diſcharged by chaunging of the ſtate and common wealth.

For if One Man's Faults could Discharge Another Man of his Duty,there would be no longer any Place left for the Common Offices of Society.

3

To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to.

If he had / The present money to discharge the Jew.

4

To set aside; to annul; to dismiss.

The order for Daly's attendance was discharged.

5

To expel or let go.

Feeling in other cases discharges itself in indirect muscular actions.

noun

1

The act of expelling or letting go.

care transition after discharge

2

The act of expelling or letting go.

career transition after discharge

3

The material thus released.

Near-synonyms: effluent, effluence (sometimes synonymous)

a mucopurulent vaginal discharge

4

The act of firing a projectile, especially from a firearm.

negligent discharge

5

The process of removing the load borne by something.

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Synonyms

noun — the act of discharging a gun

firing

noun — a formal written statement of relinquishment

noun — the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free t

noun — the act of venting

venting

noun — the pouring forth of a fluid

outpouring
run

noun — electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric f

noun — any of several bodily processes by which substances go out o

emission
expelling

noun — a substance that is emitted or released

emission

verb — eliminate (a substance)

verb — become empty or void of its content

empty

verb — pronounce not guilty of criminal charges

verb — cause to go off

fire

verb — go off or discharge

fire

verb — remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave

verb — free from obligations or duties

free

verb — complete or carry out

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O most dear mistress, / The sun will set before I shall discharge / What I must strive to do.

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02

But in deede, the ſecret cauſe that brought Ageſilaus to conſent vnto this practiſe, was the greatnes of his dette which he ought, of the which he hoped to be diſcharged by chaunging of the ſtate and

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For if One Man's Faults could Discharge Another Man of his Duty,there would be no longer any Place left for the Common Offices of Society.

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04

care transition after discharge

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05

career transition after discharge

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Near-synonyms: effluent, effluence (sometimes synonymous)

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Collocations

(noun.) substance

(noun.) from court

(verb.) from army/navy, etc.

(verb.) from prison/court

(verb.) gas/liquid

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