discharge

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

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

   the discharge of pus

2. 2
   verb

   pour forth or release

   discharge liquids

3. 3
   verb

   complete or carry out

   discharge one's duties

4. 4
   verb

   To accomplish or complete, as an obligation.

   O most dear mistress, / The sun will set before I shall discharge / What I must strive to do.

5. 5
   verb

   To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to forgive; to clear.

   But in deede, the ſecret cauſe that brought Ageſilaus to conſent vnto this practiſe, was the greatnes of his dette which he ought, of the which he hoped to be diſcharged by chaunging of the ſtate and common wealth.

6. 6
   verb

   To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to.

   If he had / The present money to discharge the Jew.

7. 7
   verb

   To set aside; to annul; to dismiss.

   The order for Daly's attendance was discharged.

8. 8
   verb

   To expel or let go.

   Feeling in other cases discharges itself in indirect muscular actions.

Etymology

From Middle English dischargen, from Old French deschargier (“to unload”), from Late Latin discarricāre (“unload”). By surface analysis, dis- + charge.