Meaning & use
Discharging
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Releasing or letting out a substance, or formally allowing someone to leave a duty, institution, or obligation.
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The factory was fined for discharging untreated waste into the river.
The hospital began discharging patients once their conditions stabilized.
A note on using this word
In a legal or military sense, "discharging" a duty or a person implies a formal, often documented release, distinct from its more casual sense of simply letting something out.
Words with a similar meaning
releasingemitting
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Words with an opposite meaning
retainingadmitting
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