What does the word discharge mean?
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1. To set free; to remove the contents or load. 2. The escape or flowing away of the contents of a cavity, either normal or pathological. 3. The matter which is discharged.
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In pathology, an increased discharge from any part, that naturally secretes a fluid.
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A letting forth, setting free, or liberation; especially, the liberation of electricity, or the passage of electricity from a highly electrified to a less electrifled body. Disruptive d., a d. of electricity attended with light, heat, and mechanical effects.
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To remove a charge, as of electricity from anything, particularly with suddenness and force. Discharger, an instrument for producing a d. of electricity. Discharging lesions, lesions attended with great and sudden liberations of energy.
Usage examples for discharge
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You have your discharge, and you are free to leave. – Three Plays by Padraic Colum
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That he would have put her even too high, would have assigned to her functions which she is unable to discharge, is true enough; but this is at least no vulgar error. – Matthew Arnold by George Saintsbury
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Oh, yes, I remember now, he is the soldier- singer, who I believe is also going back to the States, as I secured an honorable discharge for him a short time ago. – The Red Cross Girls with Pershing to Victory by Margaret Vandercook
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