More definitions of "discharge":
- (noun): Any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body.
Example: "The discharge of pus"
Synonyms: emission, expelling
- (noun): Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
Synonyms: spark, arc, electric arc, electric discharge
- (verb): Remove the charge from.
- (verb): Free from obligations or duties.
Synonyms: free
- (verb): Leave or unload, especially of passengers or cargo.
Synonyms: drop, set down, put down, unload
- (verb): Release from military service.
Synonyms: muster out
- (noun): The act of venting.
Synonyms: venting
- (noun): The act of discharging a gun.
Synonyms: firing, firing off
- (noun): The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart).
Synonyms: dismissal, dismission, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking
- (verb): Become empty or void of its content.
Synonyms: empty
- (noun): The pouring forth of a fluid.
Synonyms: outpouring, run
- (verb): Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges.
Synonyms: acquit, assoil, clear, exonerate, exculpate
- (verb): Cause to go off.
Synonyms: fire
- (noun): The sudden giving off of energy.
- (noun): A substance that is emitted or released.
Synonyms: emission
Famous quotes containing the word discharge:
“... women of the North, I ask you to rise up with earnest, honest purpose, and go forward in the way of right, fearlessly, as independent human beings, responsible to God alone for the discharge of every duty, for the faithful use of every gift, the good Father has given you. Forget conventionalisms; forget what the world will say, whether you are in your place or out of your place; think your best thoughts, speak your best words, do your best works, looking to your own conscience for approval.”
—Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906)
“It is wonderful when a calculation is made, how little the mind is actually employed in the discharge of any profession.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)
“Gratitude among friends is like credit among tradesmen: it keeps business up, and maintains commerce. And we pay not because it is just to discharge our debts, but that we might the more easily find lenders on another occasion.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)