The act of expelling or letting go, specifically referring to the release of an inpatient from a hospital or a member of the armed forces from service.
The act of firing a projectile, especially from a firearm.
The process of removing the load borne by something.
A noun "discharge" represents the process of flowing out, specifically referring to pus, exudate, or mucus from a wound or orifice, usually caused by pathological or hormonal changes.
(electricity) The act of releasing an accumulated charge.
(hydrology) The volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time, usually in units of m3/s (cubic meters per second).
The act of accomplishing (an obligation) or repaying a debt etc.; performance.
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.
To expel or let go.
To let fly, as a missile; to shoot.
(electricity) To release (an accumulated charge).
To relieve someone of a position or job, to release a patient from the hospital, or to release a member of the armed forces from service.
To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty.
To operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling).
(logic) To release (an auxiliary assumption) from the list of assumptions used in arguments, and return to the main argument.
To unload a ship or another means of transport.
To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled.
To give forth; to emit or send out.
To let fly; to give expression to; to utter.
(transitive, textiles) To bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical process.