TO DISCHARGE

Definition: DISCHARGE

DISCHARGE

Noun

1. The sudden giving off of energy.

2. The act of venting.

3. A substance that is emitted or released.

4. Any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body; "the discharge of pus".

5. Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.

6. The pouring forth of a fluid.

7. The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart).

8. A formal written statement of relinquishment.

9. The act of discharging a gun.

Verb

1. Complete or carry out; "discharge one's duties".

2. Pour forth or release; esp. of liquids.

3. Eliminate, as of bodily substances.

4. Free from obligations or duties.

5. Remove the charge from.

6. Go off or discharge; "The gun fired".

7. Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges".

8. Leave or unload, esp. of passengers or cargo;.

9. Cause to go off; "fire a gun"; "fire a bullet".

10. : release from military service.

11. : become empty or void of its content; "The room emptied".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Mining

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Crosswords: TO DISCHARGE

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Clause 6: In Case of the Removal of the President from Office, or of his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of the said Office, (See Note 9) the Same shall devolve on the VicePresident, and the Congress may by Law provide for the Case of Removal, Death, Resignation or Inability, both of the President and Vice President, declaring what Officer shall then act as President, and such Officer shall act accordingly, until the Disability be removed, or a President shall be elected. (reference)

If the Congress, within twenty-one days after receipt of the latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session, within twenty-one days after Congress is required to assemble, determines by two-thirds vote of both Houses that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall continue to discharge the same as Acting President; otherwise, the President shall resume the powers and duties of his office. (reference)

Why does a Judge swear to discharge his duties agreeably the constitution of the United States, if that constitution forms no rule for his government? (reference)

Should one of the members of the Tribunal either die, retire, or be unable for any reason whatever to discharge his function, the same procedure will be followed for filling the vacancy as was followed for appointing him. (reference)

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Health

To improve the accuracy and efficiency of the test, screening should take place as close to discharge as possible. (references)

Even though we recommend universal screening within the first 3 months, as a practical matter this is most efficiently achieved by screening prior to discharge from the well-baby nursery. (references)

For example, bacterial meningitis has been associated with a 5-30 percent incidence of profound hearing loss. We recommend that all children recovering from bacterial meningitis be referred for diagnostic audiologic assessment, ideally prior to discharge from the hospital. (references)

Business

The wastewater charge presents to industry an incentive to discharge less pollutants into waters and use innovative water treatment technology. (references)

Civil Liberties

Gambia

In July President Jammeh threatened to discharge the staff of the state-owned Gambia Radio, because he suspected them of being sympathetic to the opposition. (references)

Economic History

South Africa

The bidder then has seven years to discharge the Industrial Participation obligation. (references)

Romania

The ministry is to discharge its powers through independent, impartial public prosecutors. (references)

Human Rights

Macau

According to the law, judges may be removed only for criminal acts or an inability to discharge their functions. (references)

Political Rights

Singapore

He likely will be required to discharge all of these debts before the bankruptcy order against him is lifted. (references)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

The Government denied these allegations, stating that, unlike the previous administration, the Government made it a policy not to discharge supporters of the opposition party. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Chinese 

褫 (deprive of, dismiss, strip, undress). (various references)

Danish

toemning (coke pushing, emptying, ladling, oven pushing, pushing), udstoedning (ejection, oven pushing, pushing). (various references)

Dutch

uitstoten (coke pushing, oven pushing, pushing), uitstoot (discharge, oven pushing, pushing), ontslaan (discharge, dismiss, exempt, fire, sack), legen (empty), leegdrukken (coke pushing, oven pushing, pushing), drukken (oppress, press, print, squeeze), de dienst opzeggen (to dismiss, to fire, to sack), afdanken (discard, discharge, dismiss, fire, sack). (various references)

Finnish

tyhjennys (emptying, evacuation), uunin tyhjennys (oven pushing, pushing). (various references)

French

remercier (to dismiss, to fire, to sack), relever de ses fonctions (to be deprived of one's office, to dismiss, to fire, to sack), donner sa démission (to dismiss, to fire, to sack), donner le préavis (to dismiss, to fire, to sack), donner congé � (to dismiss, to fire, to sack), défourner, défournement, congédier (to dismiss, to fire, to sack). (various references)

German

Entleeren (deflate, empty, evacuate, to deflate, vacate, void), Druecken (coke pushing, oven pushing, pushing), den Dienst kuendigen (to dismiss, to fire, to sack), Ausdruecken (coke pushing, oven pushing, pushing). (various references)

Greek 

πιέζω προς τα έξω (oven pushing, pushing), πιέζω (bear, besiege, calender, coerce, jam, press, push (for something), squeeze, wring), απόλυση (absolution, chop, deposition, discharge, dismissal, release), αδειάζω (clean out, clear, clear out, deplete, empty, evacuate, unload, vacate). (various references)

Hungarian

tisztul (clarify, clear up, to clarify), szabadlábra helyez (parole, to make free, to set free, to uncoop), kirakodik (discharge, off-load, to dump, to off-load, to unload, unload), kirak (deplane, eject, empty, land, lay out, off-load, pave, put out, set, shore, to disburden, to dump, to off-load, to row, to set, to stevedore, to throw off, to unload), kilép (pace, to egress, to emerge, to exit, to issue, to overstep, to protrude, to secede, to skelp, to step out), kifizet (disburse, pay off, pay out, to buy off, to clear off, to disburse, to honor, to honour, to pay off, to pay out, to stump up), kibocsát (emit, exhale, give off, illuminate, launch, throw out, to deflate, to emit, to evolve, to exhale, to give forth, to give off, to give out, to issue, to jet, to send forth, to send out, to throw out), ürül (to defecate, to empty). (various references)

Italian

sfornare (bring out, take out of the oven, toss off), sfornamento (coke pushing, oven pushing, pushing, sedimentation). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

降ろす (to drop, to launch, to letoff, to lower, to take down, to unload), 罷めさせる (to fire), 垂れ流す , 下ろす (to drop, to launch, to letoff, to lower, to take down, to unload). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たれながす, おろす (grated, to drop, to launch, to letoff, to lower, to sell wholesale, to take down, to unload), やめさせる (to fire). (various references)

Pig Latin

otay ischargeday

Portuguese

desenfornar (oven pushing, pusher, pusher machine, pushing), descarregar (disburden, discharge, dump, empty, evacuate, issue, land, throw, unburden, uncart, unlade, unload, unpack, unship). (various references)

Spanish

lavador de descarga (oven pushing, pushing). (various references)

Swedish

uttryckning (coke pushing, oven pushing, pushing), utstötning (coke pushing, ejection, oven pushing, pushing), utmatning (output). (various references)

casser. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: charioted, chordates, discharge, goatherds, scraighed, tracheids.

-3 letters: achiotes, acridest, actorish, agrestic, asteroid, carotids, cathodes, ceratoid, chariest, chariots, chordate, cigarets, cordages, cordites, digestor, disgrace, ditchers, dogcarts, ergastic, escargot, ghostier, goatherd, grodiest, hagrides, hardiest, haricots, hoariest, idocrase, orgastic, rachides, redcoats, shortage, starched, stodgier, theriacs, thoraces, tracheid.

-4 letters: achiest, achiote, agisted, aigrets, airshed, airthed, aitches, argotic.

+3 letters: countershading.

+4 letters: countershadings, dermatoglyphics.