discharge

UK /dɪsˈtʃɑːdʒ/ US /dɪsˈtʃɑːdʒ/
verb 5noun 5

Definitions

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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