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dis⋅charge

  [v. dis-chahrj; n. dis-chahrj, dis-chahrj] verb, -charged, -charg⋅ing, noun
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–verb (used with object)
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 fol. by from): The children were discharged early from school. They discharged him from prison.
10. to pay (a debt).
11. Law.
a. to release (a defendant, esp. one under confinement).
b. to release (a bankrupt) from former debts.
c. to cancel (a contract).
d. 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.
–verb (used without object)
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.
–noun
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.
a. an acquittal or exoneration.
b. an annulment, as of a court order.
c. 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.
a. the separation of a person from military service.
b. a certificate of such separation.
34. Electricity.
a. the removal or transference of an electric charge, as by the conversion of chemical energy to electrical energy.
b. the equalization of a difference of potential, as between two terminals.
Origin:
1300–50; ME deschargen < AF descharger, OF < LL discarricāre, equiv. to dis- dis- 1 + carricāre to load; see charge

Related forms:
dis⋅charge⋅a⋅ble, adjective
dis⋅charg⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. unburden, disburden. 4. expel, eject, exude. 6. See release. 7. See perform. 8. cashier, fire, remove. 9. dismiss, expel. 10. settle, liquidate. 22. detonation, shooting. 28. execution, performance.
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un·dis·charged   (ŭn'dĭs-chärjd')   
adj.  

  1. Not fulfilled: an undischarged obligation.

  2. Not paid: an undischarged debt.

  3. Not unloaded. Used of a ship's cargo.

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Word Origin & History

discharge 
c.1330, from O.Fr. deschargier "unload," from L.L. discarricare, from dis- "do the opposite of" + carricare "load." The electrical sense is first attested 1748.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: dis·charge
Pronunciation: 'dis-"chärj
Function: noun
1 a : the act of relieving of something that burdens or oppresses : RELEASE b : something that discharges or releases; especially : a certification of or a document proving release or payment
2 : the state of being discharged or released discharge>
3 : release from confinement discharge of the alien on habeas corpus —Harvard Law Review>
4 : the act of removing an obligation or liability (as by payment of a debt or performance of a duty)
5 a : a dismissal from employment or office
constructive discharge
: discharge of an employee effected by making the employee's working conditions so intolerable that he or she reasonably feels compelled to resign
retaliatory discharge
: a wrongful discharge that is done in retaliation for an employee's conduct (as reporting an employer's criminal activity) and that clearly violates public policy
wrongful discharge
: discharge of an employee for illegal reasons or for reasons that are contrary to public policy (as in retaliation for the employee's refusal to engage in unlawful activity) b : a release from service or duty
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2dis·charge
Pronunciation: 'dis(h)-"chärj, dis(h)-'
Function: noun
1 : the act of relieving of something<discharge of a repressed impulse>
2 : release from confinement, custody, or care discharge from the hospital>
3 : something that is emitted or evacuated discharge from a wound> discharge>
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Medical Dictionary

discharge dis·charge (dĭs-chärj')
v. dis·charged, dis·charg·ing, dis·charg·es

  1. To emit a substance, as by excretion or secretion.

  2. To release a patient from custody or care.

  3. To generate an electrical impulse. Used of a neuron.

n. (dĭs'chärj', dĭs-chärj')

  1. The act of releasing, emitting, or secreting.

  2. A substance that is excreted or secreted.

  3. The generation of an electrical impulse by a neuron.

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Science Dictionary
discharge   (dĭs-chärj')  Pronunciation Key 
Noun  

  1. The conversion of chemical energy to electric energy within a storage battery.

  2. A flow of electricity in a dielectric, especially in a rarefied gas.

  3. A flowing out or pouring forth, as of a bodily fluid; emission or secretion.

  4. A substance or material that is released, emitted, or excreted, especially from the body.


Verb  

  1. To undergo or cause the release of stored energy or electric charge, as from a battery or capacitor.

  2. To release, emit, or excrete a substance, especially from the body.


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