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. A military discharge is given when a member of the Armed forces is released from his or her obligation to serve Termination of employment is the end of an Employee 's duration with an Employer. A patient is any person who receives medical attention care or treatment. A conditional discharge is a sentence passed by a court whereby the defendant is not punished provided he or she complies with certain conditions A gun is a particular Weapon that propels Projectiles The projectile is generally fired through a hollow tube known as the gun's barrel. ||-||-|-||-||-||-||-||-||-|} A port is a facility for receiving Ships and transferring cargo A discharger is part of an Electronics that releases stored Energy or Electric charge from a battery or other source In electronics a battery is a combination of two or more Electrochemical cells which store chemical Energy which can be converted into electrical energy Electrostatic discharge ( ESD) is the sudden and momentary Electric current that flows between two objects at different Electrical potentials The term is In Electricity, a corona discharge is an Electrical discharge brought on by the Ionization of a Fluid surrounding a conductor, which
  • 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. A direct current discharge is an electrical discharge, also known as plasma, sustained by a Direct current (DC through an ionized medium e Gas discharge lamps are a family of artificial light sources that generate light by sending an Electrical discharge through an ionized gas i In Electrical engineering, a partial discharge (PD is a localised Dielectric breakdown of a small portion of a solid or liquid Electrical insulation system Static dischargers are commonly known as Static wicks or static discharge Wicks They are used on Aircraft to allow the continuous satisfactory In Hydrology, the discharge or outflow of a River is the volume of Water transported by it in a certain amount of time Groundwater discharge is the Volumetric flow rate of Groundwater through an Aquifer. Effluent is an outflowing of water from a natural body of water or from a man-made structure The discharging method is a technique used to prove lemmas in structural Graph theory. See also "Mensuration" a term sometimes used to describe Measurement, particularly in the context of Forestry. Nipple discharge is the abnormal release of fluid from the Nipples of the Breasts It is the third major reason involving the breasts for which women seek medical Mucopurulent discharge is the emission or secretion of fluid containing Mucus and Pus ( Muco pertaining to 'mucus' and purulent pertaining to Discharge is a British Hardcore punk band formed in 1977 by Terry "Tez" Roberts and Roy "Rainy" Wainwright A discharge in United States bankruptcy law, when referring to a debtor's discharge is a statutory Injunction against the commencement or continuation of an action
• In co-counselling, the ways in which pent-up emotional hurt can be released, eg via crying, laughter, etc. Co-counselling (spelled co-counseling in American English) is a grassroots low-cost method of personal change based on reciprocal peer counselling
• Discharge petition, the process of bringing a bill out of committee to the floor for a vote without the cooperation of leadership

A discharge petition is a means of bringing a bill out of committee and to the floor for consideration without a report from a Committee and usually without cooperation

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