4. To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss.

Discharge the common sort

With pay and thanks.

Shak.

Grindal . . . was discharged the government of his see.

Milton.

5. To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty; as, to discharge a prisoner.

6. To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled; as, to discharge a cargo.

The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Section D and E · 第 931 / 2785 题