Word
Discharge
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
dis-charge
Definition
- v. t. - To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of
a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.
- v. t. - To free of the missile with which anything is charged
or loaded; to let go the charge of; as, to discharge a bow, catapult,
etc.; especially, said of firearms, -- to fire off; to shoot off; also,
to relieve from a state of tension, as a Leyden jar.
- v. t. - To of something weighing upon or impeding over one,
as a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to
absolve; to acquit; to clear.
- v. t. - To relieve of an office or employment; to send away
from service; to dismiss.
- v. t. - To release legally from confinement; to set at
liberty; as, to discharge a prisoner.
- v. t. - To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to
take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled; as, to
discharge a cargo.
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