Definition of "discharge" []

• To relieve of a burden or of contents; unload. (verb-transitive)
• To unload or empty (contents). (verb-transitive)
• To release, as from confinement, care, or duty: discharge a patient; discharge a soldier. (verb-transitive)
• To let go; empty out: a train discharging commuters. (verb-transitive)
• To pour forth; emit: a vent discharging steam. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Records Center to black out specific blocks of text regarding the nature/reason for Mr. KENT†™ s discharge from the US Navy, and any speculation on my part as to the nature of that discharge is inappropriate without additional information."
• "The agency that would change his discharge is the US Army Discharge"
• "Those are truly happy whom Christ doth not condemn, for his discharge is a sufficient answer to all other challenges; they are all coram non judice -- before an unauthorized judge. (b.)"