general discharge

American  

noun

Military.

1. a discharge from military service of a person who has served honorably but who has not met all the conditions of an honorable discharge.

2. a certificate of such a discharge.

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Example Sentences

Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare is automatically available to those with honorable and general discharge characterizations.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2024

The now-former Marine said he received a general discharge under honorable conditions, which is lower than an honorable discharge.

From Fox News • Dec. 24, 2021

But service members are routinely discharged for disobeying orders — often getting an honorable discharge or general discharge with honorable conditions.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 16, 2021

Army for less than a year, receiving a general discharge from service in mid-2013.

From Washington Times • Mar. 4, 2020

Afterwards, when the earth thawed, they were removed, and interred, on St. John’s day, under a general discharge of the cannon of the fleet.

From Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. by Anonymous