dis·charge
vb, dis*charged dis*charg*ing vt 1 : to release from confinement, custody, or care < a patient from the hospital> 2 a : to give outlet to or emit <a boil discharging pus> b : to release or give expression to (a pent-up emotion or a repressed impulse) <discharged his anxiety by working out with a punching bag> vi : to pour forth fluid or other contents , n 1 : the act of relieving of something < of a repressed impulse> 2 : release from confinement, custody, or care <returned to work the day after from the hospital> 3 : something that is emitted or evacuated <a purulent from a wound> <a thick white vaginal > .
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