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Debt discharge is one of the remediation ways of resolving the bankruptcy of the debtor, whereas the debt discharge is requested mainly by non-entrepreneurial natural persons. However, the resolution of bankruptcy by debt discharge cannot be ruled out also for natural persons entrepreneurs. Debt discharge is a widely used and persistently relevant institute that puts emphasis not only on liberating debtor from debt and resolving his financial situation, but also on the protection of creditors of the debtor, who are legally guaranteed a degree of satisfaction of their claims. The aim of this thesis is to provide a comprehensive characterization of debt discharge, the course of insolvency proceedings leading to debt discharge, as well as certain specific areas that may be problematic. This thesis also contains examples from the practice, in which we can see the specifics of debt discharge. This thesis is divided into seven chapters, whereas the main ones are chapters 2 and 4. The first chapter briefly defines the concept of bankruptcy, which is crucial for the resolution of the unfavourable economic situation in insolvency proceedings, the ways of its resolution and the relationship between debt discharge and other methods of resolving bankruptcy. The second chapter describes debt discharge and defines the...