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1. The sudden giving off of energy
    
2. The act of venting
   - venting
    
3. A substance that is emitted or released
   - emission
    
4. Any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body
   "the discharge of pus";
   - emission, expelling
    
5. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
   - spark, arc, electric arc, electric discharge
    
6. The pouring forth of a fluid
   - outpouring, run
    
7. The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
   - dismissal, dismission, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking, chuck [Brit], heave-ho, severance
    
8. A formal written statement of relinquishment
   - release, waiver
    
9. The act of discharging a gun
   - firing, firing off

1. Carry out, fulfil
   "discharge one's duties";
   - dispatch, complete
    
2. Pour forth or release
   "discharge liquids"
    
3. Release from obligations or duties
   - free
    
4. Remove the charge from
    
5. Go off or discharge
   "The gun discharged";
   - fire, go off
    
6. Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
   "The suspect was discharged of the murder charges";
   - acquit, assoil, clear, exonerate, exculpate
    
7. Eliminate (a substance)
   "combustion products are discharged in the engine";
   - exhaust, expel, eject, release
    
8. Leave at a destination; remove from a transport container
   - drop, drop off, set down, put down, unload
    
9. Cause to go off
   "discharge a gun";
   - fire
    
10. Release from military service
    - muster out
     
11. Become empty or void of its content
    - empty
     
12. (medicine) allow a patient to leave hospital

Derived forms: discharging, discharges, discharged

Type of: accomplish, action, activity, bodily function, bodily process, body process, carry out, carry through, change state, conclusion, deliver, distribute, electrical conduction, emanation, emission, ending, execute, flow, flowing, fulfil [Brit, Cdn], fulfill [N. Amer], happening, judge, label, let go, let go of, material, natural event, occurrence, occurrent, pronounce, release, relinquish, relinquishing, relinquishment, remove, shooting, shot, spread, stuff, take, take away, termination, turn, withdraw

Antonym: charge, enlist

Encyclopedia: Discharge