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Noun: honourable discharge
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: honorable discharge)
  1. A discharge from the armed forces with a commendable record
    "The veteran received an honourable discharge after years of exemplary service";
    - honorable discharge [US]

Derived forms: honourable discharges

Type of: chuck [Brit, informal], discharge, dismissal, dismission [rare], firing, heave-ho [informal], release, sack, sacking, severance, termination [N. Amer], the axe [informal], the boot [informal], the chop [Brit, informal]

Encyclopedia: Honourable discharge