discharge

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1. 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. 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.

   How happy is his low degree, / How rich in humble poverty, is he, / Who leads a quiet country life; / Diſcharg'd of buſineſs, void of ſtrife, / And from the griping ſcrivener free?

3. 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. 4

   To set aside; to annul; to dismiss.

   The order for Daly's attendance was discharged.

5. 5

   To expel or let go.

   Feeling in other cases discharges itself in indirect muscular actions.

6. 6

   To let fly, as a missile; to shoot.

   They do discharge their shot of courtesy.

   Mrs Partridge, upon this, immediately fell into a fury, and discharged the trencher on which she was eating, at the head of poor Jenny […]

7. 7

   To release (an accumulated charge).

8. 8

   To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss.

   Discharge the common sort / With pay and thanks.

   Grindal […] was discharged the government of his see.

9. 9

   To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss. To release (an inpatient) from hospital.

10. 10

    To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss. To release (a member of the armed forces) from service.

11. 11

    To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty.

    to discharge a prisoner

12. 12

    To operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling).

    discharge his pieces

    I ran forward, discharging my pistol into the creature's body in an effort to force it to relinquish its prey; but I might as profitably have shot at the sun.

13. 13

    To release (an auxiliary assumption) from the list of assumptions used in arguments, and return to the main argument.

14. 14

    To unload a ship or another means of transport.

15. 15

    To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled.

    to discharge a cargo

16. 16

    To give forth; to emit or send out.

    A pipe discharges water.

17. 17

    To let fly; to give expression to; to utter.

    He discharged a horrible oath.

18. 18

    To bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical process.

    to discharge the colour from a dyed fabric in order to form light figures on a dark background

19. 19

    obsoletoTo prohibit; to forbid.

    That Richard Stevenson, Robert Calcott, and Richard Tyldesley, be discharged from farther restraint, giving good security to appear at this Board whensoever summoned, and not depart this city until full satisfaction be given

sostantivo

1. 1

   The act of expelling or letting go. The act of releasing an inpatient from hospital.

   care transition after discharge

2. 2

   The act of expelling or letting go. The act of releasing a member of the armed forces from service.

   career transition after discharge

3. 3

   The material thus released.

   Near-synonyms: effluent, effluence (sometimes synonymous)

   a mucopurulent vaginal discharge

   the cooling tower's discharge

4. 4

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

   negligent discharge

5. 5

   The process of removing the load borne by something.

6. 6

   The process of flowing out.

7. 7

   The process of flowing out. Pus or exudate or mucus (but in modern usage not exclusively blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to pathological or hormonal changes.

   Near-synonyms: effluent, effluence (sometimes synonymous)

8. 8

   The act of releasing an accumulated charge.

9. 9

   The volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time, usually in units of m³/s (cubic meters per second).

10. 10

    The act of accomplishing (an obligation) or repaying a debt etc.; performance.

    Whereof what's past is prologue, what to come / In yours and my discharge.

    She [the Queen] was assisted in the discharge of her solemn functions by fourteen sacred women, one for each of the altars of Dionysus.

11. 11

    Release from liability, as granted to someone having served in a position of trust, such as to the officers and governors of a corporate body.

    After having granted discharge from liability, the general meeting of shareholders may not demand for the company compensation for matters which it had knowledge of when granting discharge.

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