4-F
adjective
if someone is listed 4-F, they are not allowed to serve in the U.S. military
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adjective
absent without leave: if someone such as a soldier goes AWOL, they leave the place where they are working without permission
to pay money so that someone can leave an organization, especially the military, before the time that they had originally agreed
to draft someone into the military
verb
to make someone leave a position of responsibility, especially in the military, because they have done something wrong
a British spelling of demobilize
noun
an order for someone to leave the military because they have broken an important rule
noun
a system in which people are ordered to join the military, for example because there is a war. The British word is conscription
noun
someone who avoids joining their country’s military when they are officially ordered to
to become a member of the military
abbreviation
retired: used after the name of someone who has stopped being an officer in the military
noun
noun
to be forced to leave the military because you are sick or injured
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