general discharge
Americannoun
-
a discharge from military service of a person who has served honorably but who has not met all the conditions of an honorable discharge.
-
a certificate of such a discharge.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare is automatically available to those with honorable and general discharge characterizations.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2024
The provision specifies they receive at least a general discharge, a less serious option.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 7, 2022
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
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
At this moment a flag was displayed on the cupola of the hall; on which signal there was a general discharge of artillery on the battery.
From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Irving, Washington
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
