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Discharge

/dɪsˈtʃɑːdʒ/ · verb

Meaning

To accomplish or complete, as an obligation..

Definitions by Sense

  1. To accomplish or complete, as an obligation.
  2. To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to forgive; to clear.
  3. To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to.
  4. To set aside; to annul; to dismiss.
  5. To expel or let go.
  6. To let fly, as a missile; to shoot.
  7. (electricity) To release (an accumulated charge).
  8. To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss.

Example Sentences

Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President. (1965, Amendment XXV)
O most dear mistress, / The sun will set before I shall discharge / What I must strive to do.
But in deede, the ſecret cauſe that brought Ageſilaus to conſent vnto this practiſe, was the greatnes of his dette which he ought, of the which he hoped to be diſcharged by chaunging of the ſtate and common wealth.
For if One Man's Faults could Discharge Another Man of his Duty,there would be no longer any Place left for the Common Offices of Society.
How happy is his low degree, / How rich in humble poverty, is he, / Who leads a quiet country life; / Diſcharg'd of buſineſs, void of ſtrife, / And from the griping ſcrivener free?
If he had / The present money to discharge the Jew.
The order for Daly's attendance was discharged.
Feeling in other cases discharges itself in indirect muscular actions.

Synonyms for discharge

firelet goterminateaxecandecruitdehirediscardremovedischargedismissdownsizegive the axegive someone the bootgive someone their cardsgive the chopgive the elbowgive someone the heave-hogive someone the old heave-holay offlet someone gomake redundantpink slippromote to customerretrenchsackserve noticeshit-cantermthrow out

Antonyms for discharge

chargedraftenlistfill upfillmuster inconvict

Related Words

liberationreleaseexpelmuster outejectexpellingdismissalexoneratewaivergo offexculpatecompleteacquitassoilemissiondispatchrunemptyventingoutpouring

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does discharge mean?

Discharge means To accomplish or complete, as an obligation..

What is a synonym for discharge?

Common synonyms include fire, let go, terminate, axe.

What is the opposite of discharge?

Possible antonyms include charge, draft, enlist, fill up.

How do you use discharge in a sentence?

Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President. (1965, Amendment XXV)

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