discharge
To accomplish or complete, as an obligation.
Verb 4 meanings
To accomplish or complete, as an obligation.
To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to forgive; to clear.
To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to.
To set aside; to annul; to dismiss.
Noun 4 meanings
The act of expelling or letting go.
“care transition after discharge”
The material thus released.
“Near-synonyms: effluent, effluence (sometimes synonymous)”
The act of firing a projectile, especially from a firearm.
“negligent discharge”
The process of removing the load borne by something.
Etymology
From Middle English dischargen, from Old French deschargier (“to unload”), from Late Latin discarricāre (“unload”). By surface analysis, dis- + charge.
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DISCHARGE at a glance
DISCHARGE has 9 letters and scores 16 points in Scrabble (D 2 + I 1 + S 1 + C 3 + H 4 + A 1 + R 1 + G 2 + E 1) and 17 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,790 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with discharge
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