[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

discharge \discharge"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. discharged; p.
   pr.  vb. n. discharging. oe. deschargen, dischargen, of.
   deschargier, f. d'echarger; pref. des- l. dis + chargier,
   f. charger. see charge.
   1. to relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a
      load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a
      vessel.
      1913 webster

   2. to free of the missile with which anything is charged or
      loaded; to let go the charge of; as, to discharge a bow,
      catapult, etc.; especially, said of firearms, -- to fire
      off; to shoot off; also, to relieve from a state of
      tension, as a leyden jar.
      1913 webster

            the galleys also did oftentimes, out of their prows,
            discharge their great pieces against the city.
                                                  --knolles.
      1913 webster

            feeling in other cases discharges itself in indirect
            muscular actions.                     --h. spencer.
      1913 webster

   3. to of something weighing upon or impeding over one, as a
      debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.;
      to absolve; to acquit; to clear.
      1913 webster

            discharged of business, void of strife. --dryden.
      1913 webster

            in one man's fault discharge another man of his
            duty.                                 --l'estrange.
      1913 webster

   4. to relieve of an office or employment; to send away from
      service; to dismiss.
      1913 webster

            discharge the common sort
            with pay and thanks.                  --shak.
      1913 webster

            grindal . . . was discharged the government of his
            see.                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

   5. to release legally from confinement; to set at liberty;
      as, to discharge a prisoner.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   7. to let fly, as a missile; to shoot.
      1913 webster

            they do discharge their shot of courtesy. --shak.
      1913 webster

   8. to set aside; to annul; to dismiss.
      1913 webster

            we say such an order was "discharged on appeal."
                                                  --mozley  w.
      1913 webster

            the order for daly's attendance was discharged.
                                                  --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   9. to throw off the obligation of, as a duty or debt; to
      relieve one's self of, by fulfilling conditions,
      performing duty, trust, and the like; hence, to perform or
      execute, as an office, or part.
      1913 webster

            had i a hundred tongues, a wit so large
            as could their hundred offices discharge. --dryden.
      1913 webster

   10. to send away a creditor satisfied by payment; to pay
       one's debt or obligation to. obs.
       1913 webster

             if he had
             the present money to discharge the jew. --shak.
       1913 webster

   11. to give forth; to emit or send out; as, a pipe discharges
       water; to let fly; to give expression to; to utter; as,
       to discharge a horrible oath.
       1913 webster

   12. to prohibit; to forbid. scot. obs. --sir w. scott.
       1913 webster

   13. textile dyeing  printing to bleach out or to remove or
       efface, as by a chemical process; as, to discharge the
       color from a dyed fabric in order to form light figures
       on a dark ground.
       webster 1913 suppl.

   discharging arch arch., an arch over a door, window, or
      other opening, to distribute the pressure of the wall
      above. see illust. of lintel.

   discharging piece, discharging strut arch., a piece set
      to carry thrust or weight to a solid point of support.

   discharging rod elec., a bent wire, with knobs at both
      ends, and insulated by a glass handle. it is employed for
      discharging a leyden jar or an electrical battery. see
      discharger.

   syn: see deliver.
        1913 webster
see also:
discharged discharging charge discharging arch lintel discharging piece 
discharging strut discharging rod discharger deliver 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

discharged
     adj 1: set free as from prison or duty syn: released
     2: having lost your job syn: dismissed, fired, laid-off,
         pink-slipped
see also:
released dismissed fired laid-off pink-slipped 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

30 moby thesaurus words for "discharged":
   accomplished, achieved, acquitted, attained, compassed,
   consummated, dispatched, disposed of, effected, effectuated,
   executed, expended, fulfilled, hired, implemented, liquidated,
   paid, paid in full, postpaid, prepaid, realized, receipted,
   remitted, salaried, set at rest, settled, spent, waged, wrought,
   wrought out

[4] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

discharged. released, or liberated from custody. it is not equivalent to 
acquitted in a declaration for a malicious prosecution. 2 yeates, 475 2 term 
rep. 231; 1 strange, 114; doug. 205 3 leon. 100. 

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