discharge /dis-chärjˈ/

1. To free from or relieve of a charge of any kind (burden, explosive, electricity, liability, accusation, etc)
2. To set free
3. To acquit
4. To dismiss from employment
5. To release from hospital after treatment
6. To fire (eg a gun)
7. To take the superincumbent weight from
8. To set down or send forth
9. To eject
10. To pour out
11. To emit or let out
12. To perform (eg a task or duty)
13. To pay
14. To give account for
15. To distribute (as weight)
16. To forbid (obsolete)

1. To unload
2. To become released from a charged state
3. To allow escape of contents
4. To flow away or out

1. (usu/disˈchärj/) the act of discharging
2. Release from a charge of any kind
3. Unloading
4. Liberation
5. Acquittal
6. Dismissal
7. Release from hospital after treatment
8. Release of electricity
9. Outflow
10. Rate of flow
11. Emission
12. Release of tension
13. Payment
14. Performance
15. That which is discharged

dischargeˈable adjective

dischargˈer noun

1. Someone who discharges
2. An apparatus for discharging (esp electricity, eg a spark gap or discharging tongs)
3. An apparatus for firing an explosive

discharge lamp noun

A lamp in which light is created by a discharge tube

discharge tube noun

A tube in which an electric discharge takes place in a vacuum or in a gas at low pressure

discharging arch noun

An arch built in a wall to protect a space beneath from the weight above

discharging tongs plural noun

Metal tongs used for discharging condensers

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