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| Main Entry: | discharge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | setting free |
| Synonyms: | acquittal, clearance, exoneration, liberation, pardon, parole, probation, release, disimprisonment, remittance |
| Antonyms: | hold, imprisonment, incarceration, keep, retention |
| Main Entry: | discharge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set free |
| Synonyms: | absolve, acquit, clear, dismiss, emancipate, exonerate, expel, liberate, loose, loosen, oust, pardon, release, allow to go, disimprison, manumit, unbind, unchain, unshackle |
| Antonyms: | detain, hold, imprison, keep |
| Main Entry: | discharge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dismissal from responsibility |
| Synonyms: | ax, bounce, bum's rush, congé, demobilization, ejection, gate, old heave ho, pink slip*, the boot, the door, walking papers* |
| Antonyms: | assignment, delegation, employment, engagement, hiring |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | discharge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dismiss from responsibility |
| Synonyms: | absolve, ax, bounce, bump, bust, can*, cashier, discard, disencumber, dispense, displace, eject, excuse, exempt, expel, fire, kick out, lay off, let off, nix*, oust, relieve, remove, replace, spare, supersede, supplant, terminate, unload, boot out, disburden, freeze out, give one notice, let go, let one go, let out, lock out, privilege from, ride out on rail, run out of town, show the door |
| Antonyms: | assign, delegate, employ, engage, hire |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | discharge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | detonation |
| Synonyms: | barrage, blast, burst, explosion, fusillade, report, salvo, shot, shower, volley, firing |
| Antonyms: | loading |
| Main Entry: | discharge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | detonate weapon |
| Synonyms: | blast, explode, fire, let off, shoot, set off, shoot off |
| Antonyms: | load |
| Main Entry: | discharge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pouring forth |
| Synonyms: | elimination, emission, excretion, flow, ooze, pus, secretion, seepage, shower, vent, emptying, exudation, suppuration, voiding |
| Antonyms: | damming |
| Main Entry: | discharge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pour forth |
| Synonyms: | break out, dispense, ejaculate, emit, empty, erupt, excrete, exude, give off, gush, leak, ooze, release, spew, void, vomit, disembogue, send forth |
| Antonyms: | dam |
| Main Entry: | discharge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unloading |
| Synonyms: | disburdening, emptying, unburdening, unlading |
| Antonyms: | loading |
| Main Entry: | discharge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | unload |
| Synonyms: | empty, remove, send, take off, unburden, unpack, carry away, disburden, off-load, remove cargo, take away, unlade, unship, unstow |
| Antonyms: | load |
| Main Entry: | discharge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | carrying out of responsibility |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, achievement, execution, fulfillment, observance, performance |
| Main Entry: | discharge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carry out responsibility |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, do, execute, fulfill, meet, observe, perform |
| Main Entry: | discharge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | payment of debt |
| Synonyms: | acquittal, disbursement, satisfaction, settlement, liquidation |
| Antonyms: | indebtedness, owing |
| Main Entry: | discharge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pay, settle debt |
| Synonyms: | clear, honor, liquidate, meet, quit, relieve, satisfy, pay up, square up |
| Antonyms: | owe |
| Main Entry: | discharge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | invalidate agreement |
| Synonyms: | abrogate, annul, cancel, dissolve, quash, vacate, void, render void |
| Main Entry: | absolve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | free from responsibility, duty |
| Synonyms: | acquit, bleach, clear, discharge, exculpate, excuse, exempt, exonerate, forgive, free, launder*, let off*, liberate, loose, pardon, release, relieve, sanitize*, spare, spring*, vindicate, whitewash, write off*, blink at, go easy on, let off easy, let off the hook, let up on, lifeboat, set free, wink at*, wipe it off, wipe the slate clean |
| Notes: | one is absolved of blame or responsibility but is acquitted of a charge, usually a crime |
| Antonyms: | bind, blame, charge, condemn, convict, hold, impeach, incriminate, obligate, punish, sentence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | achieve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring to successful conclusion; reach a goal |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, acquire, actualize, attain, bring about, bring off*, bring to pass, cap, carry out, close, complete, conclude, consummate, deliver, discharge, dispatch, do, earn, effect, enact, end, execute, finish, follow through, fulfill, gain, get, manage, negotiate, obtain, perfect, perform, procure, produce, rack up*, reach, realize, resolve, score, seal, settle, sign, solve, win, wind up, work out, carry through, earn wings, effectuate, get done, see through |
| Antonyms: | fail, lose, miss |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | acquittal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | declaration removing blame |
| Synonyms: | absolution, amnesty, clearance, deliverance, discharge, dismissal, exemption, exoneration, freeing, liberation, pardon, release, reprieve, vindication, acquitting, discharging, dismissing, exculpation, letting off, releasing, relief from |
| Antonyms: | blame, censure, conviction, denunciation, doom, sentence |
| Main Entry: | annul |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | void an agreement |
| Synonyms: | abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, call off, cancel, countermand, declare, delete, discharge, dissolve, efface, erase, expunge, invalidate, kill, negate, neutralize, nix, nullify, obliterate, quash, recall, repeal, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, scrub*, undo, vacate, vitiate, wipe out*, blot out, get off the hook, render null and void |
| Antonyms: | keep, restore, retain, validate, revalidate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | annulment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | voiding an agreement |
| Synonyms: | abatement, abolition, abrogation, breakup, cancellation, discharge, dissolution, negation, recall, repeal, retraction, reversal, revocation, split*, split up*, undoing*, annihilation, countermanding, dedomiciling, deletion, erasing, going phfft, invalidation, neutralization, nullification, obliteration, rescinding, rescindment, rescission, vitiation, voiding |
| Antonyms: | enactment, restoration, retention, validation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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