discharge
dis|charge (discharges discharging discharged)
The verb is pronounced /dɪstʃ'ɑːrdʒ/ The noun is pronounced /d'ɪstʃɑːrdʒ/
1 [VERB] be V-ed, V pron-refl, also V n
When someone is discharged from hospital, prison, or one of the armed services, they are officially allowed to leave, or told that they must leave.
He has a broken nose but may be discharged today...
Five days later Henry discharged himself from hospital.
[N-VAR]
Discharge is also a noun.
He was given a conditional discharge and ordered to pay compensation.
2 [VERB] V n
If someone discharges their duties or responsibilities, they do everything that needs to be done in order to complete them. (FORMAL)
...the quiet competence with which he discharged his many college duties.
3 [VERB] V n
If someone discharges a debt, they pay it. (FORMAL)
The goods will be sold for a fraction of their value in order to discharge the debt.
4 [VERB] be V-ed prep, V n prep
If something is discharged from inside a place, it comes out. (FORMAL)
The resulting salty water will be discharged at sea...
The bird had trouble breathing and was discharging blood from the nostrils.
5 [N-VAR] usu with supp
When there is a discharge of a substance, the substance comes out from inside somewhere. (FORMAL)
They develop a fever and a watery discharge from their eyes...con|di|tion|al dis|charge (conditional discharges)
[N-COUNT] usu sing
If someone who is convicted of an offence is given a conditional discharge by a court, they are not punished unless they later commit a further offence. (BRIT LEGAL)
The verb is pronounced /dɪstʃ'ɑːrdʒ/ The noun is pronounced /d'ɪstʃɑːrdʒ/
1 [VERB] be V-ed, V pron-refl, also V n
When someone is discharged from hospital, prison, or one of the armed services, they are officially allowed to leave, or told that they must leave.
He has a broken nose but may be discharged today...
Five days later Henry discharged himself from hospital.
[N-VAR]
Discharge is also a noun.
He was given a conditional discharge and ordered to pay compensation.
2 [VERB] V n
If someone discharges their duties or responsibilities, they do everything that needs to be done in order to complete them. (FORMAL)
...the quiet competence with which he discharged his many college duties.
3 [VERB] V n
If someone discharges a debt, they pay it. (FORMAL)
The goods will be sold for a fraction of their value in order to discharge the debt.
4 [VERB] be V-ed prep, V n prep
If something is discharged from inside a place, it comes out. (FORMAL)
The resulting salty water will be discharged at sea...
The bird had trouble breathing and was discharging blood from the nostrils.
5 [N-VAR] usu with supp
When there is a discharge of a substance, the substance comes out from inside somewhere. (FORMAL)
They develop a fever and a watery discharge from their eyes...con|di|tion|al dis|charge (conditional discharges)
[N-COUNT] usu sing
If someone who is convicted of an offence is given a conditional discharge by a court, they are not punished unless they later commit a further offence. (BRIT LEGAL)