Noun: Section Eight
- A discharge from the US Army based on unfitness or character traits deemed undesirable
- (military) a soldier who received a Section Eight discharge as unfit for military service
Type of: chuck [Brit, informal], discharge, dismissal, dismission [rare], firing, heave-ho [informal], pongo [Brit, informal], release, sack, sacking, severance, soldier, termination [N. Amer], the axe [informal], the boot [informal], the chop [Brit, informal]
Encyclopedia: Section Eight