• 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"