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discharge
verb
- To remove the cargo or load from: disburden, dump, unlade, unload. See put in
- To set at liberty: emancipate, free, liberate, loose, manumit, release. Slang: spring. Idiom: let loose. See free
- To release from military duty: demobilize, muster out, separate. See free, keep
- To free from an obligation or duty: absolve, dispense, excuse, exempt, let off, relieve, spare. See free
- To pass or pour out: empty, flow, issue. See enter
- To end the employment or service of: cashier, dismiss, drop, release, terminate. Informal: ax, fire, pink-slip. Slang: boot1, bounce, can, sack1. Idioms: give someone his or her walking papers, give someone the ax, give someone the gate, give someone the pink slip, let go, show someone the door. See keep
- To carry out the functions, requirements, or terms of: do, execute, exercise, fulfill, implement, keep, perform. Idiom: live up to. See do
- To set right by giving what is due: clear, liquidate, pay (off or up), satisfy, settle, square. See pay
noun
- The act of beginning and carrying through to completion: effectuation, execution, performance, prosecution. See do
- The act of dismissing or the condition of being dismissed from employment: dismissal, termination. Informal: ax. Slang: boot1, bounce, sack1. See keep
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