1 Advocacy involves actions that lead to a selected goal. 2  Advocacy is one of many possible strategies, or ways to approach a problem. 3  Advocacy can be used as part of a community initiative, nested in with other components.
Discharge. To liberate or free; to terminate or extinguish. A discharge is the act or instrument by which a contract or agreement is ended. A mortgage is discharged if it has been carried out to the full extent originally contemplated or terminated prior to total execution. Discharge also means to release, as from legal confinement in prison or the military service, or from some legal obligation such as jury duty, or the payment of debts by a person who is bankrupt. The document that indicates that an individual has been legally released from the military service is called a discharge.
Discharged Debt Definition. When your debt is discharged by a bankruptcy court, you are no longer legally required to repay the debt. When your debt as discharged, your creditors can no longer attempt to collect the money from you, either through legal action or by contacting you via phone, letters, in person or through collection agencies.