Definition of discharge

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Discharge (v. t.) To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty; as, to discharge a prisoner..

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Port :: Port (v.) In law and commercial usage, a harbor where vessels are admitted to discharge and receive cargoes, from whence they depart and where they finish their voyages..
Disruptive :: Disruptive (a.) Causing, or tending to cause, disruption; caused by disruption; breaking through; bursting; as, the disruptive discharge of an electrical battery..
Apophlegmatic :: Apophlegmatic (a.) Designed to facilitate discharges of phlegm or mucus from mouth or nostrils.
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To discharge, causing a missile to be driven forth; -- followed by a word denoting the weapon or instrument, as an object; -- often with off; as, to shoot a gun..
Volley :: Volley (v. i.) To be thrown out, or discharged, at once; to be discharged in a volley, or as if in a volley; to make a volley or volleys..
Pay :: Pay (v. t.) To satisfy, or content; specifically, to satisfy (another person) for service rendered, property delivered, etc.; to discharge one's obligation to; to make due return to; to compensate; to remunerate; to recompense; to requite; as, to pay workmen or servants..
Bankrupt :: Bankrupt (a.) Being a bankrupt or in a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay, or legally discharged from paying, one's debts; as, a bankrupt merchant..
Emmenagogue :: Emmenagogue (n.) A medicine that promotes the menstrual discharge.
Catamenial :: Catamenial (a.) Pertaining to the catamenia, or menstrual discharges..
Fontanel :: Fontanel (n.) An issue or artificial ulcer for the discharge of humors from the body.
Kick :: Kick (n.) The recoil of a musket or other firearm, when discharged..
Revolver :: Revolver (n.) One who, or that which, revolves; specifically, a firearm ( commonly a pistol) with several chambers or barrels so arranged as to revolve on an axis, and be discharged in succession by the same lock; a repeater..
Loose :: Loose (n.) A letting go; discharge.
Flow :: Flow (v. i.) To discharge blood in excess from the uterus.
Port :: Port (n.) An opening in the side of a vessel; an embrasure through which cannon may be discharged; a porthole; also, the shutters which close such an opening..
Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) To throw off the obligation of, as a duty or debt; to relieve one's self of, by fulfilling conditions, performing duty, trust, and the like; hence, to perform or execute, as an office, or part..
Sponge :: Sponge (n.) A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped nap, and having a handle, or staff..
Burette :: Burette (n.) An apparatus for delivering measured quantities of liquid or for measuring the quantity of liquid or gas received or discharged. It consists essentially of a graduated glass tube, usually furnished with a small aperture and stopcock..
Dismiss :: Dismiss (v. t.) To discard; to remove or discharge from office, service, or employment; as, the king dismisses his ministers; the matter dismisses his servant..
Lymph :: Lymph (n.) An alkaline colorless fluid, contained in the lymphatic vessels, coagulable like blood, but free from red blood corpuscles. It is absorbed from the various tissues and organs of the body, and is finally discharged by the thoracic and right lymphatic ducts into the great veins near the heart..
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