discharge

Noun

• the act of discharging a gun

• a formal written statement of relinquishment

• the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

• the pouring forth of a fluid

• electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field

• any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body
  • the discharge of pus
    

• a substance that is emitted or released

• the act of venting

• the sudden giving off of energy

Verb

• become empty or void of its content
  • The room emptied
    

• release from military service

• cause to go off
  • fire a gun
    
  • fire a bullet
    

• leave or unload
  • unload the cargo
    
  • drop off the passengers at the hotel
    

• eliminate (a substance)
  • combustion products are exhausted in the engine
    
  • the plant releases a gas
    

• pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  • The suspect was cleared of the murder charges
    

• go off or discharge
  • The gun fired
    

• remove the charge from

• free from obligations or duties

• pour forth or release
  • discharge liquids
    

• complete or carry out
  • discharge one's duties
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  firing , firing off , release , waiver , dismissal , dismission , liberation , sack , sacking , outpouring , run , spark , arc , electric arc , electric discharge , emission , expelling , venting , empty , muster out , fire , drop , drop off , set down , put down , unload , exhaust , expel , eject , acquit , assoi
• Antonyms: 
  fill , fill up , enlist , draft , muster in , convict , charge