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[noun] the act of discharging a gun
[noun] a formal written statement of relinquishment
[noun] the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
[noun] the act of venting
[noun] the sudden giving off of energy
[noun] the pouring forth of a fluid
[noun] electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
[noun] any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body; "the discharge of pus"
[noun] a substance that is emitted or released
[verb] eliminate, as of bodily substances
[verb] become empty or void of its content; "The room emptied"
[verb] pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges"
[verb] release from military service
[verb] cause to go off; "fire a gun"; "fire a bullet"
[verb] go off or discharge; "The gun fired"
[verb] pour forth or release; esp. of liquids
[verb] remove the charge from
[verb] leave or unload, esp. of passengers or cargo;
[verb] free from obligations or duties
[verb] complete or carry out; "discharge one's duties"
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\Dis*charge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discharged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discharging}.] [OE. deschargen, dischargen, OF. deschargier, F. d['e]charger; pref. des- (L. dis) + chargier, F. charger. See {Charge}.] 1. To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel. 2. To free of the missile with which anything is charged or loaded; to let go the charge of; as, to discharge a bow, catapult, etc.; especially, said of firearms, -- to fire off; to shoot off; also, to relieve from a state of tension, as a Leyden jar. The galleys also did oftentimes, out of their prows, discharge their great pieces against the city. --Knolles. Feeling in other cases discharges itself in indirect muscular actions. --H. Spencer. 3. To of something weighing upon or impeding over one, as a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to clear. Discharged of business, void of strife. --Dryden. In one man's fault discharge another man of his duty. --L'Estrange. 4. To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss. Discharge the common sort With pay and thanks. --Shak. Grindal . . . was discharged the government of his see. --Milton. 5. To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty; as, to discharge a prisoner. 6. To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled; as, to discharge a cargo. 7. To let fly, as a missile; to shoot. They do discharge their shot of courtesy. --Shak. 8. To set aside; to annul; to dismiss. We say such an order was ``discharged on appeal.'' --Mozley & W. The order for Daly's attendance was discharged. --Macaulay. 9. To throw off the obligation of, as a duty or debt; to relieve one's self of, by fulfilling conditions, performing duty, trust, and the like; hence, to perform or execute, as an office, or part. Had I a hundred tongues, a wit so large As could their hundred offices discharge. --Dryden. 10. To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to. [Obs.] If he had The present money to discharge the Jew. --Shak. 11. To give forth; to emit or send out; as, a pipe discharges water; to let fly; to give expression to; to utter; as, to discharge a horrible oath. 12. To prohibit; to forbid. [Scot. Obs.] --Sir W. Scott. {Discharging arch} (Arch.), an arch over a door, window, or other opening, to distribute the pressure of the wall above. See Illust. of {Lintel}. {Discharging piece}, {Discharging strut} (Arch.), a piece set to carry thrust or weight to a solid point of support. {Discharging rod} (Elec.), a bent wire, with knobs at both ends, and insulated by a glass handle. It is employed for discharging a Leyden jar or an electrical battery. See {Discharger}. Syn: See {Deliver}.
\Dis*charge"\, v. i. To throw off or deliver a load, charge, or burden; to unload; to emit or give vent to fluid or other contents; as, the water pipe discharges freely. The cloud, if it were oily or fatty, would not discharge. --Bacon.
\Dis*charge"\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]charge. See {Discharge}, v. t.] 1. The act of discharging; the act of relieving of a charge or load; removal of a load or burden; unloading; as, the discharge of a ship; discharge of a cargo. 2. Firing off; explosive removal of a charge; explosion; letting off; as, a discharge of arrows, of artillery. 3. Act of relieving of something which oppresses or weighs upon one, as an obligation, liability, debt, accusation, etc.; acquittance; as, the discharge of a debtor. 4. Act of removing, or getting rid of, an obligation, liability, etc.; fulfillment, as by the payment of a debt, or the performance of a trust or duty. Indefatigable in the discharge of business. --Motley. Nothing can absolve us from the discharge of those duties. --L'Estrange. 5. Release or dismissal from an office, employment, etc.; dismission; as, the discharge of a workman by his employer. 6. Legal release from confinement; liberation; as, the discharge of a prisoner. 7. The state of being discharged or relieved of a debt, obligation, office, and the like; acquittal. Too secure of our discharge From penalty. --Milton. 8. That which discharges or releases from an obligation, liability, penalty, etc., as a price of ransom, a legal document. Death, who sets all free, Hath paid his ransom now and full discharge. --Milton. 9. A flowing or issuing out; emission; vent; evacuation; also, that which is discharged or emitted; as, a rapid discharge of water from the pipe. The hemorrhage being stopped, the next occurrence is a thin serous discharge. --S. Sharp. {Charge and discharge}. (Equity Practice) See under {Charge}, n. {Paralytic discharge} (Physiol.), the increased secretion from a gland resulting from the cutting of all of its nerves.
\Dis*charge"\, v. t. (Textile Dyeing & Printing) To bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical process; as, to discharge the color from a dyed fabric in order to form light figures on a dark ground.
\Dis*charge"\, n. (Elec.) The equalization of a difference of electric potential between two points. The character of the discharge is mostly determined by the nature of the medium through which it takes place, the amount of the difference of potential, and the form of the terminal conductors on which the difference exists. The discharge may be alternating, continuous, brush, connective, disruptive, glow, oscillatory, stratified, etc.

Synonyms for discharge

acquit, arc, assoil, clear, complete, dismissal, dismission, dispatch, drop, eject, electric arc, electric discharge, emission, emission, empty, exculpate, exonerate, expel, expelling, fire, firing, firing off, free, liberation, muster out, outpouring, put down, release, release, run, sack, sacking, set down, spark, unload, venting, waiver

Antonyms: charge, convict, draft, enlist, fill, fill up, muster in

See also: air-drop | cannon | cut | demobilise | detonation | distribute | drain | elimination | emission | emit | ending | execute | flashover | flow | hemorrhage | inactivation | liberate | material | menses | pronounce | Saint Ulmo's light | scatter | spew out | sprinkle | take over |

Related terms: accomplish, blast, break, debouch, deliver, deplume, detrusion, disculpation, disembogue, disintegrate, disorganize, enforce, exhalation, extravasate, fulfillment, fulmination, give dispensation from, give notice, give respite, hire purchase, leukorrhea, outflowing, polish off, remit, respect, settlement, shock, spare, transude, unbridling

The fun area, different aproach to word »discharge«

Let's analyse "discharge" as pure text. This string has Nine letters in Two syllables and Three vowels. 33.3% of vowels is 5.3% less then average English word. Written in backwards: EGRAHCSID. Average typing speed for these characters is 2565 milliseconds. [info]

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Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: discharge: 9 + 1 + 5 = 15, reduced: 6 . and the final result is Six.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: discharge: 4 + 9 + 1 + 3 + 8 + 1 + 9 + 7 + 5 = 47, reduced: 11, and the final result is Eleven.

Tarot cards

Letter Num. Tarot c. Intensity Meaning
A (1) 1 Magician Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
C (1) 3 Empress Patient, Willful, Strong, Giving
D (1) 4 Emperor Determined, Persistant, Idealist
E (1) 5 Hierophant Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
G (1) 7 Chariot Strong, Sturdy, Decisive
H (1) 8 Strength Couragous, Faithful, Caring
I (1) 9 Hermit Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent
R (1) 18 Moon Patient, Determined, Strong
S (1) 19 Sun Colorful, Bright, Perceptive

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