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dis·charge

vbdis*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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