Definitions For Discharge

noun

  • The act of discharging a gun
  • A formal written statement of relinquishment
  • The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
  • The act of venting
  • The sudden giving off of energy
  • The pouring forth of a fluid
  • Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
  • Any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body
  • A substance that is emitted or released
  • The release of someone from a hospital, prison, etc.
  • The act of firing or dismissing someone from a job
  • The act of ending a person's service to the military

verb

  • Eliminate (a substance)
  • Become empty or void of its content
  • Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
  • Release from military service
  • Cause to go off
  • Go off or discharge
  • Pour forth or release
  • Remove the charge from
  • Remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
  • Free from obligations or duties
  • Complete or carry out
  • To allow (someone) to leave a hospital, prison, etc.
  • To take away the job of (someone) : to end the employment of (someone)
  • To end the service of (someone) in a formal or official way : to release (someone) from duty

Is Discharge a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
16
Words with Friends
17

The word Discharge is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Discharge in a Sentence

  • She's due to be discharged from the hospital on Wednesday.
  • We had to discharge several employees last week.
  • Thousands of soldiers were discharged after the war.
  • The doctors approved her discharge from the hospital.
  • Several former employees are suing the company for wrongful discharge.
  • After his discharge from the military, he went to college to become a teacher.

Synonyms for Discharge

Antonyms for Discharge

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