Definition of discharge

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Discharge (v. t.) That which discharges or releases from an obligation, liability, penalty, etc., as a price of ransom, a legal document..

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Disgorge :: Disgorge (v. i.) To vomit forth what anything contains; to discharge; to make restitution.
Blennorrhea :: Blennorrhea (n.) An inordinate secretion and discharge of mucus.
Pancreas :: Pancreas (n.) The sweetbread, a gland connected with the intestine of nearly all vertebrates. It is usually elongated and light-colored, and its secretion, called the pancreatic juice, is discharged, often together with the bile, into the upper part of the intestines, and is a powerful aid in digestion. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus..
Calamary :: Calamary (n.) A cephalopod, belonging to the genus Loligo and related genera. There are many species. They have a sack of inklike fluid which they discharge from the siphon tube, when pursued or alarmed, in order to confuse their enemies. Their shell is a thin horny plate, within the flesh of the back, shaped very much like a quill pen. In America they are called squids. See Squid..
Salute :: Salute (v.) A token of respect or honor for some distinguished or official personage, for a foreign vessel or flag, or for some festival or event, as by presenting arms, by a discharge of cannon, volleys of small arms, dipping the colors or the topsails, etc..
Unshot :: Unshot (a.) Not hit by a shot; also, not discharged or fired off..
Nipple :: Nipple (n.) The orifice at which any animal liquid, as the oil from an oil bag, is discharged..
Dismissal :: Dismissal (n.) Dismission; discharge.
Piss :: Piss (v. t. & i.) To discharge urine, to urinate..
Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) To let fly, as a missile; to shoot..
Fontanel :: Fontanel (n.) An issue or artificial ulcer for the discharge of humors from the body.
Quittance :: Quittance (v. t.) Discharge from a debt or an obligation; acquittance.
Shock :: Shock (n.) The sudden convulsion or contraction of the muscles, with the feeling of a concussion, caused by the discharge, through the animal system, of electricity from a charged body..
Exonerate :: Exonerate (v. t.) To unload; to disburden; to discharge.
Good :: Good (superl.) Adequate; sufficient; competent; sound; not fallacious; valid; in a commercial sense, to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; having pecuniary ability; of unimpaired credit..
Tension :: Tension (a.) The quality in consequence of which an electric charge tends to discharge itself, as into the air by a spark, or to pass from a body of greater to one of less electrical potential. It varies as the quantity of electricity upon a given area..
Fall :: Fall (n.) The discharge of a river or current of water into the ocean, or into a lake or pond; as, the fall of the Po into the Gulf of Venice..
Port :: Port (v.) In law and commercial usage, a harbor where vessels are admitted to discharge and receive cargoes, from whence they depart and where they finish their voyages..
Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) To prohibit; to forbid.
Gunlock :: Gunlock (n.) The lock of a gun, for producing the discharge. See Lock..
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