Meaning of discharge | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act of expelling or letting go.
   countable, uncountable
2. The act of releasing an inpatient from hospital.
   countable, uncountable
3. To accomplish or complete, as an obligation
4. The act of releasing a member of the armed forces from service.
   countable, uncountable
5. To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to forgive; to clear
6. The material thus released.
   countable, uncountable
7. To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to
8. The act of firing a projectile, especially from a firearm.
   countable, uncountable
9. To set aside; to annul; to dismiss
10. The process of removing the load borne by something.
    countable, uncountable
11. To expel or let go
12. The process of flowing out.
    countable, uncountable
13. Pus or exudate or mucus (but in modern usage not exclusively blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to pathological or hormonal changes.
    uncountable
14. The act of releasing an accumulated charge.
    countable, uncountable
15. The volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time, usually in units of m³/s (cubic meters per second).
    countable, uncountable
16. The act of accomplishing (an obligation) or repaying a debt etc.; performance.
    countable, uncountable
17. 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.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“care transition after discharge”

“career transition after discharge”

“Near-synonyms: effluent, effluence (sometimes synonymous)”

“a mucopurulent vaginal discharge”

“the cooling tower's discharge”

“negligent discharge”

“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.”

“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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