to discharge
5
7.2
- verb
- /dɪsˈtʃɑrdʒ/
- Formal
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sobreseer
- Under Chapter 7, a person can be discharged of his or her financial obligations.
Examples
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Do so; and in two days I will discharge thee.
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Then he was discharged as mentally unfit.
Fiction book (2001) -
Let the Defendant be discharged.
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And I believe he should be discharged, as the State requested, on his upcoming 21st birthday.
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The jury is discharged.
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When a financial obligation is discharged, a debtor will be absolved from his or her legal duty to pay it.
Blog text (34) -
Following several gruesome interrogations, Joe Appiah was "cleared and discharged" on the 20th of August.
Academic text (1991) -
On the strength of the brother's sworn testimony, Judge John DeHaven discharged Yee Ot Wah as a citizen.
Academic text (1998) -
The jury found him not guilty, and the judge formally discharged him from all charges.
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After reviewing the evidence, the prosecutor decided to discharge the case against the defendant.
Synonyms
192
4.1
To end a legal case so the court does not consider it
129
8.2
To say officially that someone is not guilty of a crime
50
7.2
Make someone officially free from blame, guilt, or responsibility
30
7.0
To clear someone of blame or guilt
28
7.4
To say in court that someone is not guilty
3
9.9
To say officially that someone is not guilty of a crime
To say someone is not guilty of a crime
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
7
4.2
An official release from the military when someone leaves with a good record
- Formal
6
6.7
Official removal from the military because of a serious crime or bad behavior
- Specialized
1
6.7
A lamp that makes light when electricity passes between two metal points inside a gas
- Specialized
1
5.2
A flow of electricity through a gas that makes light or a spark
- Specialized
A faint blue electric glow with many thin light rays that appears when high voltage makes a spark
- Specialized
A faint glow around a high-voltage wire when the air becomes charged
- Specialized
A lamp that makes light by passing electricity between two metal parts inside a glass tube
- Specialized
A lamp that makes light when electricity passes through gas in a glass tube
How Cleared
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Discharge in law comes from the same idea of removing a 'charge' against someone, so to discharge a defendant is to take the accusation 'off' them and free them from the charge.