discharge
- the process of legally setting free n.
- dismissal from a job, the military, etc. n.
- detonation, especially of a weapon n.
- a pouring forth, especially from the body n.
- act or instance of unloading n.
- carrying out of responsibility n.
- full payment of debt n.
- release from legal custody v.
- dismiss from a job, the military, etc. v.
- detonate a weapon v.
- pour forth, especially from the body v.
- remove cargo from something v.
- carry out responsibility v.
- fully pay or settle debt v.
- dismiss a legal or legislative process v.
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Now, nearly two years after the most recent discharge was announced, borrowers say they can’t escape the last vestige of this debt: It still appears on their credit reports.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
Borrowers were told that they didn’t need to take any action to receive their discharge and that they didn’t need to resume making payments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
She cannot be given a prison sentence but could be given a treatment order or an absolute discharge.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
The San Diego Police Department also will conduct an administrative review of the officer’s discharge of the firearm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
After his discharge, he got a job in New York as a bicycle mechanic, took up competitive bicycle racing, got married, and had two sons.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
When the government discharges a borrower’s student loan, it sends information to the borrower’s servicer instructing it to get rid of the loans.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
Sodium ion batteries operate in a broadly similar way to lithium ion batteries, with charged sodium particles moving between two electrodes as the battery charges and discharges.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
France has reduced output at its nuclear reactors, because the rivers where it discharges water used to cool the reactors are already too hot.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
Thames Water - which serves about 16 million customers, mostly across London and parts of southern England - has faced heavy criticism in recent years over its performance, sewage discharges, and pipe leaks.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
The doctor finally discharges Alan after almost a week.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
Woods said in an interview that she was relieved when she saw that the Education Department had discharged loans for the borrowers who enrolled in Ashford between March 1, 2009 and April 30, 2020.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
The lawsuit claims that the Education Department has yet to respond to a credit-bureau dispute over the discharged debt at issue in the case by correcting the error.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
In August, a source close to Applegate told The Times that “all is well” after Applegate was reportedly discharged and back at home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Before the jury resumed their deliberations on Monday 14 September, the coroner Mr Justice Rooney announced that one juror, who had taken part in the previous phase of the deliberations, had been discharged.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
It was late in 1890, and he was discharged with sergeant’s stripes in the Presidio in San Francisco.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
Diablo Canyon uses 2.5 billion gallons of ocean water for cooling each day, discharging hot water directly into the nearby cove.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
A charge cycle represents one complete use of a battery, from charging to discharging and back again.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
France's main energy provider also shut down two nuclear reactors on Thursday as an environmental protection measure to avoid discharging too much hot water into already warming rivers.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
It unloaded some of its cargo last month and appeared to be discharging the rest at a berth in Long Beach on Friday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
Two piers down, a Volantene river galley was discharging soldiers.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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