discharged
Definition
- 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.
Adjective
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having lost your job
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