discharge

1. verb

1)

after his third violation, Vance was discharged

Syn:

dismiss, eject, expel, throw out, give someone notice; release, let go, fire, terminate; Military cashier; informal sack, give someone the sack, boot out, give someone the boot, turf out, give someone their marching orders, show someone the door, send packing, pink-slip, give some the (old) heave-ho

Ant:

recruit, engage

2)

he was discharged from prison

Syn:

release, free, set free, let go, liberate, let out

Ant:

imprison

3)

oil is routinely discharged from ships

Syn:

send out, release, eject, let out, pour out, void, give off

4)

the swelling will burst and discharge pus

Syn:

emit, exude, ooze, leak

Ant:

absorb

5)

he accidentally discharged the gun

Syn:

fire, shoot, let off; set off, trigger, explode, detonate

6)

the ferry was discharging passengers

Syn:

unload, offload, put off; remove

Ant:

load

7)

they discharged their duties efficiently

Syn:

carry out, perform, execute, conduct, do; fulfill, accomplish, achieve, complete

8)

the executor must discharge the funeral expenses

Syn:

pay, pay off, settle, clear, honor, meet, liquidate, defray, make good; informal square

2. noun

1)

his discharge from the service

Syn:

dismissal, release, removal, ejection, expulsion; Military cashiering; informal the sack, the boot, the ax, a/the pink slip

2)

her discharge from prison

Syn:

release, liberation

3)

a discharge of diesel oil into the river

Syn:

leak, leakage, emission, release, flow

4)

a watery discharge from the eyes

Syn:

emission, secretion, excretion, seepage, suppuration; pus, matter; Medicine exudate

5)

a single discharge of his gun

Syn:

shot, firing, blast; explosion, detonation

6)

the discharge of their duties

Syn:

carrying out, performance, performing, execution, conduct; fulfillment, accomplishment, completion

7)

the discharge of all debts

Syn:

payment, repayment, settlement, clearance, meeting, liquidation