verb🔗ShareTo accomplish or complete, as an obligation."The student was discharging her responsibility to finish the project on time. "achievementactionworkbusinessfunctionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to forgive; to clear."The judge is discharging the defendant because the evidence was insufficient. "lawfinancebusinessmoralChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to."After working overtime all week, Sarah was finally able to earn enough money to be discharging her credit card bill completely. "financebusinessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo set aside; to annul; to dismiss."The judge discharged the student from the disciplinary hearing. "lawbusinessgovernmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo expel or let go."The doctor discharged the patient from the hospital. "actionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo let fly, as a missile; to shoot."The soldier was discharging his rifle at the target. "militaryweaponactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo release (an accumulated charge)."The lightning rod was discharging the electricity from the storm cloud safely into the ground. "energyphysicselectronicsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss."The company is discharging employees due to the economic downturn. "jobgovernmentmilitarybusinessserviceworkorganizationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo release legally from confinement; to set at liberty."to discharge a prisoner"lawgovernmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling)."The police officer was seen discharging his firearm during the training exercise at the shooting range. "weaponmilitaryactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo release (an auxiliary assumption) from the list of assumptions used in arguments, and return to the main argument."After discharging the temporary assumption that everyone was feeling unwell, the committee proceeded with the main agenda of planning the school fair. "logicmathChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo unload a ship or another means of transport."The cargo ship is currently discharging its containers at the port. "nauticalvehiclesailingcommerceindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled."to discharge a cargo"actionfunctionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo give forth; to emit or send out."A pipe discharges water."energyphysicsactionfunctionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo let fly; to give expression to; to utter."He discharged a horrible oath."communicationlanguageactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical process."to discharge the colour from a dyed fabric in order to form light figures on a dark background"chemistryprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo prohibit; to forbid."The sign clearly stated, "Discharging firearms is prohibited within city limits." "lawgovernmentrightChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe act or process by which something is discharged."The discharging of the factory's wastewater into the river is carefully monitored. "processactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
