discernment
- n the cognitive condition of someone who understands
- n delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values)
- n perception of that which is obscure
- n the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
- n the trait of judging wisely and objectively
a man of discernment
discharge
- n the sudden giving off of energy
- n the act of venting
- n a substance that is emitted or released
- n any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body
the discharge of pus - n electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
- n the pouring forth of a fluid
- n the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
- n a formal written statement of relinquishment
- n the act of discharging a gun
- v complete or carry out
discharge one's duties - v pour forth or release
discharge liquids - v free from obligations or duties
- v remove the charge from
- v go off or discharge
- v pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
- v eliminate (a substance)
- v leave or unload
- v cause to go off
- v release from military service
- v become empty or void of its content