general discharge
Americannoun
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a discharge from military service of a person who has served honorably but who has not met all the conditions of an honorable discharge.
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a certificate of such a discharge.
Example Sentences
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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
His former platoon comrades have been fighting to get this reduced to a general discharge, to reflect his service in Vietnam, but they remain unsuccessful to this day.
From BBC • Oct. 26, 2019
Lame as he was, it was in vain to think of retreating: he held a short conference with his friends, and then resolved to receive the supposed assailants with a general discharge of fire-arms.
From Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I. by Thomson, Mrs.
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