general discharge: Meaning and Definition of

gen'eral dis'charge

Pronunciation: [key]
— Mil. Mil.
  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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