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discharge

discharge

77 5.2
The official release from a job, duty, or service
  • noun
  • /dɪsˈtʃɑrdʒ/
  • Formal
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  • After completing his treatment, he received a formal letter of discharge from the hospital.
  • discharge planning
  • hospital discharge
  • patient discharge

They made some phone calls and I was able to get an administrative discharge from the Navy.

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Examples

  • Ensure that my patients are ready for discharge by making sure they have their prescriptions.

    Academic text (2013)
  • The control group received routine discharge care that was not tailored to the individual patient.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Further study is needed to follow up with patients after discharge to their homes.

    Academic text (2015)
  • How about my Army discharge?

  • And he had me sign my discharge from the four year commitment & a recruitment for a six year commitment.

  • Timely and appropriate discharge of patients is critical to the efficient operation of a hospital.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Half of the trials included a discharge planning advocate who was a nurse.

    Academic text (2015)
  • I have arranged for an honourable discharge provided you leave without incident.

  • I don't think he should even be here, but he has to wait for an official discharge.

  • Congratulations on your discharge.

Synonyms

removal
vsdischarge
  • Formal
97 3.4

Taking someone out of an official job because they did something wrong

is the formal release from duties or the paper recording that release
sack
vsdischarge
  • UK
75 3.7

A situation when someone loses their job

is the formal release from duty or the official document showing that release
termination
vsdischarge
  • Formal
56 4.7

The act of ending something, like a job or contract

is the formal act or paper freeing someone from duty rather than general ending
dismissal
vsdischarge
49 3.3

To remove someone from their job against their will

is the official release from duty that also covers non-job obligations and documents
release
vsdischarge
  • Formal
40 4.2

The act of ending someone's job

is the formal act or its official paper covering duties services or obligations
firing
vsdischarge
  • Informal
13 3.7

The act of removing someone from their job

is the formal act or paper freeing someone from duty not only job ending
separation
vsdischarge
  • Formal
9 3.8

The act of ending a person's job, for example by firing

is the official release from duty and can apply beyond employment
honorable discharge
vsdischarge
  • Formal
7 4.2

An official release from the military when someone leaves with a good record

is a general official release from duty across services and obligations
sacking
vsdischarge
  • UK
1 4.4

Losing a job because you are fired

is the formal release from duty or the official document showing that release
quittance
vsdischarge
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A paper that shows you have paid a debt

is the formal act or its official document freeing someone from duties or obligations
acquittance
vsdischarge
  • Specialized
9.9

A written paper that shows a debt has been paid

is the formal act that releases someone from duty or its official certificate
dismission
vsdischarge
8.1

The official act of removing someone from a job or position

is the formal release from duty that may include a certificate

Antonyms

23 4.2

Keeping something so you still have it

Compounds

7 4.2

An official release from the military when someone leaves with a good record

6 6.7

Official removal from the military because of a serious crime or bad behavior

electrical discharge
  • Specialized
1 4.2

A sudden flow of electricity that makes a spark or flash

A fluid that comes from the vagina, usually clear or white

discharge lamp
  • Specialized
1 6.7

A lamp that makes light when electricity passes between two metal points inside a gas

discharge pipe
  • Specialized
1 3.8

A pipe that carries water or waste away from a building

electric discharge
  • Specialized
1 5.2

A flow of electricity through a gas that makes light or a spark

brush discharge
  • Specialized
9.9

A faint blue electric glow with many thin light rays that appears when high voltage makes a spark

corona discharge
  • Specialized
7.9

A faint glow around a high-voltage wire when the air becomes charged

7.0

A lamp that makes light by passing electricity between two metal parts inside a glass tube

gas-discharge lamp
  • Specialized
5.8

A lamp that makes light when electricity passes through gas in a glass tube

gas-discharge tube
  • Specialized
5.4

A sealed tube where electricity makes the gas inside glow

How Final

termination
  • Formal
56 4.7
dismissal
49 3.3
discharge
  • Formal
77 5.2
release
  • Formal
40 4.2

Surface Forms

discharge singular
discharges plural

Morphology

discharge = discharge (semi-transparent) = dis + charge

The noun transparently names the act of discharging, but the extension to an official document is more specialized.

Etymology

Discharge (the noun) can mean the official act or paper that frees you from a duty or service, because it 'takes the charge off' you and lets you go.