discharge

Definitions of discharge in various dictionaries:

noun - the sudden giving off of energy

noun - the act of venting

noun - a substance that is emitted or released

noun - any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body

noun - electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field

noun - the pouring forth of a fluid

noun - the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

noun - a formal written statement of relinquishment

noun - the act of discharging a gun

verb - complete or carry out

verb - pour forth or release

verb - free from obligations or duties

verb - remove the charge from

verb - go off or discharge

verb - pro noun ce not guilty of criminal charges

verb - eliminate (a substance)

verb - leave or unload

verb - cause to go off

verb - release from military service

verb - become empty or void of its content

To relieve of a burden or of contents; unload.

To unload or empty (contents).

To release, as from confinement, care, or duty: discharge a patient; discharge a soldier.

To let go; empty out: a train discharging commuters.

To pour forth; emit: a vent discharging steam.

To shoot: discharge a pistol.

To remove from office or employment.

To perform the obligations or demands of (an office, duty, or task).

To comply with the terms of (a debt or promise, for example).

Law.

To acquit completely: discharged the defendant.

To set aside; annul: discharge a court order.

To remove (color) from cloth, as by chemical bleaching.

To cause the release of stored energy or electric charge from (a battery, for example).

Architecture.

To apportion (weight) evenly, as over a door.

To relieve (a part) of excess weight by distribution of pressure.

To get rid of a burden, load, or weight.

To go off; fire: The musket discharged loudly.

To pour forth, emit, or release contents.

To become blurred, as a color or dye; run.

To undergo the release of stored energy or electric charge.

The act of removing a load or burden.

The act of shooting or firing a projectile or weapon.

A flowing out or pouring forth; emission; secretion: a discharge of pus.

The amount or rate of emission or ejection.

Something that is discharged, released, emitted, or excreted: a watery discharge.

The act or an instance of removing an obligation, a burden, or a responsibility.

Fulfillment of the terms of something, such as a debt or promise.

Performance, as of an office or a duty.

Dismissal or release from employment, service, care, or confinement.

An official document certifying such release, especially from military service.

An annulment or acquittal; dismissal, as of a court order.

Electricity.

Release of stored energy in a capacitor by the flow of current between its terminals.

Conversion of chemical energy to electric energy in a storage battery.

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

Elimination of net electric charge from a charged body.