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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His wife Teresa, 79, said she was prepared to care for him at home with some help, but his discharge from hospital was delayed and his health has deteriorated.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
The message said her servicer would receive a file once a month with accounts to wipe out and that her servicer would notify her when her loan discharge was processed, according to the complaint.
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
Only around 36 percent saw normal flows, while an equal percentage saw below-normal discharge conditions and 21 percent were above normal, the report found.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
Shop doors opened for business, and ships once again sailed upriver to discharge cargo; farmers arrived, their wagons loaded with provisions bound for the markets of a very hungry city.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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
The number of layoffs and discharges was little changed at 1.7 million, while voluntary quits held steady at 3.1 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 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
The doctor discharges me three days later, on the condition I return daily to have my dressings changed and breathing monitored.
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
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
Some debts are now allowed to be discharged, including most taxes, student loans, child support, alimony and certain fines.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 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
Sonny had just been honorably discharged from the Air Force, and Lawrence had a good job working for the railroad.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
In a battery, electrons flow from cathode to anode, external when charging and in the opposite direction when discharging or providing power.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Hundreds more horses in nearby Toronto were soon shivering, coughing and discharging an unusual mucus through their nostrils.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 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
Garfield's wound continued discharging "healthy pus" through a drainage tube, which the Bliss team interpreted as a sign of healing.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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