honorable discharge

noun

Military.

1. a discharge from military service of a person who has fulfilled obligations efficiently, honorably, and faithfully.

2. a certificate of such a discharge.

Example Sentences

At an ICE career expo in Texas last month, the agency at times turned away anyone who didn’t already have authorization to carry a badge or an honorable discharge from the military.

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To escape him, the singer dropped out of high school and joined the Air Force, then faked a mental breakdown and won an honorable discharge.

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I’d received my honorable discharge from the Army in the middle of 1968, and I was overjoyed — I mean, absolutely euphoric.

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After his honorable discharge, Harris purchased a home in Compton and had three children with his high school sweetheart, Louise Singleton Harris.

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As a result Robinson was court-martialed but later acquitted, then served as a coach for Army athletics until receiving an honorable discharge.

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