verb
1.
Synonyms: unload , disburden, off-load, unlade, unship, unstow
2.
Synonyms: exempt , absolve, dispense, excuse, let off, privilege (from), relieve, spare
3.
Synonyms: shoot 1, fire, loose
4.
Synonyms: free , emancipate, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, release, unbind, unchain, unshackle
Related Word: dismiss, eject, expel, oust; eliminate, exclude
5.
to give outlet to
the river discharges its waters into the bay
Synonyms: disembogue, emit, flow, give off, pour, void
Related Word: eject, exude, release
6.
Synonyms: dismiss 3, ax, boot (out), bounce, ||can, cashier, fire, kick out, sack, terminate
Related Word: displace, replace, supersede, supplant
Contrasted words: hire; contract
Antonyms: engage
7.
to release from service with the armed forces
discharged from the army with the rank of sergeant
Synonyms: ||demob, demobilize, muster out, separate
Related Word: disenroll; deactivate, inactivate; bounce, cashier, dismiss, drop, fire, sack
8.
Synonyms: clear 5, clear off, liquidate, pay, pay up, quit, satisfy, settle, square
9.
Synonyms: annul 4, abrogate, dissolve, quash, vacate, void