charges

Costs or accusations

Charges covers accusations, costs, and electrical states.

Criminal charges are formal allegations: The charges were dropped.

Charges on a bill are fees for services: bank charges, delivery charges.

An electrical charge is positive or negative.

To bring charges is to accuse formally.

When someone charges forward, they rush aggressively.

She charges her phone every night.

legal

accusation

Claim someone did wrong

arraignment · defendant · plea · guilty · innocent · verdict · bail · testimony · evidence · trial

fees

cost

Required payment amount

rate · tariff · toll · fare · levy · dues · premium · billing · invoice · interest

electrical

current

Directed flow of charge

shock · circuit · conductor · insulator · positive · negative · ion · coulomb · spark · grounding

military

attack

Aggressive act against another

bayonet · offensive · rush · onslaught · infantry · brigade · battalion · regiment · platoon · squadron

responsibility

duty

Required moral task

oversight · stewardship · guardianship · ward · supervision · accountability · trusteeship · management · custodianship · mandate

Categories
Opposites
accusation/legal status

chargesacquits

Declares legally innocent

absolves · exonerates · clears · pardons · vindicates

financial transaction

chargescredits

Units toward graduation

refunds · rebates · compensates · deposits · returns

movement/attack

chargesretreats

Backs off or sanctuaries

flees · withdraws · falls back · runs away · recoils

Phrases
Family

charge, discharge, charged, charger, charging, discharged, recharge, overcharge, recharged

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