Definitions For Discharge

noun

• The act of discharging a gun
• A formal written statement of relinquishment
• The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
• The act of venting
• The sudden giving off of energy
• The pouring forth of a fluid
• Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
• Any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body
• A substance that is emitted or released
• The release of someone from a hospital, prison, etc.
• The act of firing or dismissing someone from a job
• The act of ending a person's service to the military

verb

• Eliminate (a substance)
• Become empty or void of its content
• Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
• Release from military service
• Cause to go off
• Go off or discharge
• Pour forth or release
• Remove the charge from
• Remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
• Free from obligations or duties
• Complete or carry out
• To allow (someone) to leave a hospital, prison, etc.
• To take away the job of (someone) : to end the employment of (someone)
• To end the service of (someone) in a formal or official way : to release (someone) from duty