• allow (a patient) to leave hospital because they are judged fit

  "Mark was taken away in an ambulance but later discharged"

• dismiss from the armed forces or police

  "his memory was impaired and he was discharged from the RAF"

• release from the custody or restraint of the law

  "she was conditionally discharged for two years at Oxford Crown Court"

• relieve (a juror or jury) from serving in a case

  "if the jury cannot agree, it should be discharged"

"industrial plants discharge highly toxic materials into rivers"

• (of an orifice or diseased tissue) emit (pus or other liquid)

  "the swelling will eventually break down and discharge pus"

• release or neutralize the electric charge of (an electric field, battery, or other object)

  "the electrostatic field that builds up on a monitor screen can be discharged"

• (of a person) fire (a gun or missile)

  "when you shoot you can discharge as many barrels as you wish"

• (of a firearm) be fired

  "there was a dull thud as the gun discharged"

• unload (goods or passengers) from a ship

  "the ferry was discharging passengers"

• allow (an emotion) to be expressed

  "he discharged his resentment in the harmless form of memoirs"

"the bank had failed to discharge its supervisory duties"

• pay off (a debt)

  "the executor must discharge the funeral expenses"

• release (a party) from a contract or obligation

  "the insurer is discharged from liability from the day of breach"

• relieve (a bankrupt) of residual liability

  "first-time bankrupts are discharged automatically after three years"

"the court may discharge a care order on the application of the child"

• cancel (a contract) because of completion or breach

  "an existing mortgage to be discharged on completion"

"referrals can be discussed before discharge from hospital"

• an act of releasing someone from the custody or restraint of the law

  "she was given an absolute discharge after admitting breaking a smoking ban"

"those germs might lead to vaginal discharge"

• a substance that has been discharged

  "industrial discharge has turned the river into an open sewer"

• the release of electricity from a charged object

  "slow discharge of a condenser is fundamental to oscillatory circuits"

• a flow of electricity through air or other gas, especially when accompanied by emission of light

  "a sizzling discharge between sky and turret"

• the action of firing a gun or missile

  "a police permit for discharge of an air gun"

• the action of unloading a ship

  "freight for discharge"

"directors must use skill in the discharge of their duties"

• the payment of a debt

  "money paid in discharge of a claim"

• the relief of a bankrupt from residual liability

  "machinery to rehabilitate the bankrupt through the process of discharge"

"an application for discharge of a supervision order"