discharged

Thân thiện

The employee was discharged from the company last week.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having lost your job; dismissed from employment: Describes a person who has been officially removed from their position or employment.
   • Released from a duty, obligation, or confinement: Describes being freed or allowed to leave from a responsibility, debt, or institution like a hospital or the military.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The discharged employee received a severance package. (The person who lost their job received a payment.)
  • He was discharged from the army after five years of service. (He was officially released from military duty.)
  • The patient was discharged from the hospital yesterday. (The patient was allowed to leave the hospital.)

Advanced Usage

• "Honorably discharged": A formal term for being released from military service with a good record.
  • My grandfather was honorably discharged from the Navy.
• "Discharged bankrupt": A legal status where a person is released from the debts from which they were declared bankrupt.
  • After three years, he was discharged bankrupt and could start anew.

Variants and Related Words

• Discharge (verb): To dismiss from a job, to release from duty, or to perform a duty.
  • The company decided to discharge the manager for misconduct.
  • The judge discharged the jury after the trial.
• Discharge (noun): The act of dismissing or releasing, or a substance that is released.
  • His discharge from the hospital was a relief. (His release from the hospital.)
  • The factory was fined for the toxic discharge into the river. (The release of toxic material.)

Synonyms

• Dismissed: Removed from a job.
• Laid off: Lost a job, often due to company reasons rather than personal fault.
• Released: Allowed to go free from a duty or place.
• Fired: Dismissed from a job, often for cause.

Related Phrasal Verbs / Phrases

• To be let go: A common euphemism for being discharged or dismissed from a job.
  • Several staff were let go during the restructuring.
• To be relieved of one's duties: A formal phrase for being discharged from a position.
  • The officer was relieved of his duties pending an investigation.

Related Idioms

• To get the sack / To be sacked: Informal idioms meaning to be discharged or fired from a job.
  • He got the sack for being late too many times.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having lost your job

Từ đồng nghĩa

• dismissed
• fired
• laid-off
• pink-slipped