Discharge (v. t.) To relieve of a charge, load, or burden |
Discharge (v. t.) To free of the missile with which anything is charged or loaded |
Discharge (v. t.) To of something weighing upon or impeding over one, as a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc. |
Discharge (v. t.) To relieve of an office or employment |
Discharge (v. t.) To release legally from confinement |
Discharge (v. t.) To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden |
Discharge (v. t.) To let fly, as a missile |
Discharge (v. t.) To set aside |
Discharge (v. t.) To throw off the obligation of, as a duty or debt |
Discharge (v. t.) To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment |
Discharge (v. t.) To give forth |
Discharge (v. t.) To prohibit |
Discharge (v. i.) To throw off or deliver a load, charge, or burden |
Discharge (v. t.) The act of discharging |
Discharge (v. t.) Firing off |
Discharge (v. t.) Act of relieving of something which oppresses or weighs upon one, as an obligation, liability, debt, accusation, etc. |
Discharge (v. t.) Act of removing, or getting rid of, an obligation, liability, etc. |
Discharge (v. t.) Release or dismissal from an office, employment, etc. |
Discharge (v. t.) Legal release from confinement |
Discharge (v. t.) The state of being discharged or relieved of a debt, obligation, office, and the like |
Discharge (v. t.) That which discharges or releases from an obligation, liability, penalty, etc., as a price of ransom, a legal document. |
Discharge (v. t.) A flowing or issuing out |
Retention (n.) The act of retaining, or the state of being ratined. |
Retention (n.) The power of retaining |
Retention (n.) That which contains something, as a tablet |
Retention (n.) The act of withholding |
Retention (n.) Place of custody or confinement. |
Retention (n.) The right of withholding a debt, or of retaining property until a debt due to the person claiming the right be duly paid |
Secretion (n.) The act of secreting or concealing |
Secretion (n.) The act of secreting |
Secretion (n.) Any substance or fluid secreted, or elaborated and emitted, as the gastric juice. |
discharge firing firing off | the act of discharging a gun |
release waiver discharge | a formal written statement of relinquishment |
dismissal dismission discharge firing liberation release sack sacking | the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) |
honorable discharge | a discharge from the armed forces with a commendable record |
dishonorable discharge | a discharge from the armed forces for a grave offense (as sabotage or espionage or cowardice or murder) |
retention keeping holding | the act of retaining something |
discharge venting | the act of venting |
discharge lamp | a lamp that generates light by a discharge between two electrodes in a gas |
discharge pipe | a pipe through which fluids can be discharged |
electric-discharge lamp gas-discharge lamp | an electric lamp in which the light comes from an electric discharge between two electrodes in a glass tube |
gas-discharge tube | a tube in which an electric discharge takes place through a gas |
retentiveness retentivity retention | the power of retaining liquid, moisture retentivity of soil |
urinary retention | holding urine in the urinary bladder, he has a problem with urinary retention |
secretion | a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell |
lacrimal secretion lachrymal secretion | saline fluid secreted by lacrimal glands, lubricates the surface of the eyeball |
hormone endocrine internal secretion | the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect |
mucus mucous secretion | protective secretion of the mucus membranes, in the gut it lubricates the passage of food and protects the epithelial cells, in the nose and throat and lungs it can make it difficult for bacteria to penetrate the body through the epithelium |
memory retention retentiveness retentivity | the power of retaining and recalling past experience, he had a good memory when he was younger |
discharge | the sudden giving off of energy |
electrical discharge | a discharge of electricity |
discharge outpouring run | the pouring forth of a fluid |
retention basin | a storage site similar to a detention basin but the water in storage is permanently obstructed from flowing downstream |
brush discharge | discharge between electrodes creating visible streamers of ionized particles |
corona discharge corona corposant St. Elmo's fire Saint Elmo's fire Saint Elmo's light Saint Ulmo's fire Saint Ulmo's light electric glow | an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere |
discharge spark arc electric arc electric discharge | electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field |
discharge emission expelling | any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body, the discharge of pus |
secretion secernment | the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance |
discharge emission | a substance that is emitted or released |
vaginal discharge | discharge of secretions from the cervical glands of the vagina, normally clear or white |
exhaust discharge expel eject release | eliminate (a substance), combustion products are exhausted in the engine, the plant releases a gas |
empty discharge | become empty or void of its content, The room emptied |
acquit assoil clear discharge exonerate exculpate | pronounce not guilty of criminal charges, The suspect was cleared of the murder charges |
discharge muster out | release from military service |
fire discharge | cause to go off, fire a gun, fire a bullet |
fire discharge go off | go off or discharge, The gun fired |
discharge | pour forth or release, discharge liquids |
discharge | remove the charge from |
drop drop off set down put down unload discharge | leave or unload, unload the cargo, drop off the passengers at the hotel |
free discharge | free from obligations or duties |
dispatch discharge complete | complete or carry out, discharge one's duties |