discharge
- Verb. To accomplish or complete, as an obligation.
- Verb. To expel or let go.
- Verb. (electricity) To release (an accumulated charge).
- Verb. (medicine) To release (an inpatient) from hospital.
- Verb. (military) To release (a member of the armed forces) from service.
- Verb. To operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling).
- Verb. To release (an auxiliary assumption) from the list of assumptions used in arguments, and return to the main argument.
- Verb. To unload a ship or another means of transport.
- Noun. (symptom) (''uncountable'') pus or exudate (other than blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to infection or pathology.
- Noun. the act of accomplishing (an obligation).
- Noun. the act of expelling or letting go.
- Noun. (electricity) the act of releasing an accumulated charge.
- Noun. (medicine) the act of releasing an inpatient from hospital.
- Noun. (military) the act of releasing a member of the armed forces from service.
- Noun. (hydrology) the discharge of a river is the volume of water transported by it in a certain amount of time, usually in units of m3/s (cubic meters per second).
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