discharge

CEFRC1

/dɪsˈtʃɑːdʒ/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To release someone from a duty, place, or hospital.

  2. 02

    noun

    A flow of liquid, gas, or electricity.

Examples

  • The crowd obstructed the police in the discharge of their duties.

  • I have a lot of discharge.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈdɪstʃɑːdʒ/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

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

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

  3. To accomplish or complete, as an obligation.

More examples

In context

  • Feeling in other cases discharges itself in indirect muscular actions.

  • Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives...

  • to discharge a prisoner

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

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