4-F
adjective
if someone is listed 4-F, they are not allowed to serve in the US armed forces
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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 armed forces, before the time that they had originally agreed
to officially make someone become a member of the armed forces, especially in a war
noun
a situation in which people are officially ordered to join the armed forces, usually because there is a war. The American word is draft.
verb
to make someone leave a position of responsibility, especially in the armed forces, because they have done something wrong
a British spelling of demobilize
noun
an order for someone to leave the armed forces because they have broken important rules
noun
someone who avoids joining their country’s armed forces when they are officially ordered to
to become a member of the armed forces
abbreviation
retired: used after the name of someone who has stopped being an officer in the armed forces
noun
noun
to be forced to leave the armed forces because you are ill or injured
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