Meaning & use
discharge
To officially release someone from a duty, job, hospital, or place of confinement.
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The hospital planned to discharge him once his fever fully broke.
The soldier was honorably discharged after ten years of service.
A note on using this word
As a noun, discharge can also mean fluid released from the body or the firing of a weapon or electrical current.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A substance, especially fluid, that flows or is released from somewhere.
The wound showed no discharge, a sign that infection had cleared.
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