• Chinese: 放電
• Japanese: 放電する (hōden-suru)
• Russian: разряжать , разрядить

• Chinese: 釋放使退役使退伍
• Russian: демобилизовывать , демобилизовать

• Chinese: 發射

Noun

1. (uncountable) pus or exudate (other than blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to infection or pathology
2. the act of accomplishing (an obligation)
3. the act of expelling or letting go
4. the act of releasing an accumulated charge
5. the act of releasing an inpatient from hospital
6. the act of releasing a member of the armed forces from service
7. the discharge of a river is the volume of water transported by it in a certain amount of time, usually in units of m3/s (cubic meters per second)

Translations

''(medicine) (uncountable) pus or exudate (other than blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to infection or pathology

• Chinese: 流出
• Russian: выпускание (vypuskánije) , выделение (vyd'el'énije) , сукровица (sukrovíca) serum discharge

the act of accomplishing (an obligation)

• Russian: выплата (výplata) of a debt, выполнение (vypoln'énije) , исполнение (ispoln'énije) , осуществление (osuščestvl'énije)

the act of expelling or letting go

• Chinese: 免職
• Russian: увольнение (uvol'n'énije)

(electricity) the act of releasing an accumulated charge

• Japanese: 放電 (hōden)
• Chinese: 放電
• Russian: разряд (razr'ád)

(medicine) the act of releasing an inpatient from hospital

• Chinese: 出院
• Russian: выписка (výpiska)

(military) the act of releasing a member of the armed forces from service

• Chinese: 釋放退役退伍
• Russian: демобилизация (d'emobilizácija)

(hydrology) the volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time

• Chinese: 流出量
• Spanish: caudal
• Russian: расход (rasχód)

Discharge in the context to expel or to "let go" may refer to:

• A military discharge, issued when a member of the armed forces is released from service
• Termination of employment
• A patient discharge, when a patient leaves a hospital after his or her medical treatment is completed
• Conditional discharge, a criminal sentence allowing a defendant to avoid punishment if certain conditions are met
• The act of firing a gun
• Port of discharge (POD)

Discharge in the context of a flow may refer to:

• Electricity:
  • Discharger, an electrical device that releases stored energy
  • Battery discharging
  • Electrostatic discharge
  • Corona discharge, a type of electrical current flow.
  • Direct current discharge, a plasma
  • Discharge lamp, a light bulb that includes a discharge gas
  • Partial discharge, a temporary breakdown of electrical insulation
  • Static discharger, a device used on airplanes to maintain use of electrical equipment
• Discharge (hydrology), the amount of water flowing through the river
• Groundwater discharge
• Effluent released into a river or sea
• Discharging Method is a proof technique in discrete mathematics
• The flow of fluids from certain parts of the body:
  • Menstruation or other vaginal discharge
  • Nipple discharge
  • Mucopurulent discharge

Other uses of discharge include:

• Discharge (band), the British hardcore punk band
• Bankruptcy discharge, the injunction that bars acts to enforce certain debts.
• In co-counselling, the ways in which pent-up emotional hurt can be released, eg via crying, laughter, etc.
• Discharge petition, the process of bringing a bill out of committee to the floor for a vote without the cooperation of leadership

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