general discharge

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.

Example Sentences

Even a seemingly benign downgrade — from “honorable” to “general discharge under honorable conditions” — makes a difference.

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

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There is a satisfactory rating for Marines called “General Discharge Under Honorable Conditions.”

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The provision specifies they receive at least a general discharge, a less serious option.

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The National Defense Authorization Act that President Biden signed Dec. 27 says that “any discharge of a service member on the sole basis that the member failed to obey a lawful order to receive a vaccine for COVID-19 shall be an honorable discharge, or a general discharge under honorable conditions.”

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