dischargee
Recently released person
A dischargee is someone who has been discharged—released from military service, a hospital, employment, or other institutional obligation.
The term is administrative and formal, appearing mainly in legal or bureaucratic contexts: The Army provided job training for dischargees, Hospital dischargees were given follow-up instructions.
Experienced former soldier
- demobilizedReleased from military service
- separatedPut or kept apart
- retireeOne who left work
- civvyNon-military individual, informal
DD-214 · honorable · dishonorable · reservist · decommissioned · service-connected · transitioning
Brought to an end
- laid-offTerminated from employment
- firedTerminated from employment
- downsizedReduced in scale
- redundantExceeding what's needed
severed · ex-employee · outplaced · displaced · retrenched · involuntary · nonrenewal · axed
Conditionally freed prisoner
- ex-convictPerson previously incarcerated
- releasedSet free from confinement
- probationerPerson serving trial period
- freedmanReleased former slave
reintegrating · rehabilitated · returnee · exonerated · acquitted · commuted · pardoned · second-chance
Set free from confinement
- outpatientTreated without admission
- post-hospitalizationPeriod after hospital release
- convalescentOne recovering from illness
- recoveringRegaining health or strength
aftercare · follow-up · rehabilitation · transitioned · cleared · stabilized · ambulatory
Officially removed or banished
- dismissedReleased from duty
- separatedPut or kept apart
- excommunicatedOfficially cut from church
- rusticatedExpelled from school temporarily
ousted · ejected · defrocked · cashiered · removed · delisted · disenrolled
veteran
Experienced former soldier
- demobilizedReleased from military service
- separatedPut or kept apart
- retireeOne who left work
civvy · DD-214 · honorable · dishonorable · reservist · decommissioned · service-connected · transitioning
terminated
Brought to an end
redundant · severed · ex-employee · outplaced · displaced · retrenched · involuntary · nonrenewal · axed · unemployed
parolee
Conditionally freed prisoner
- ex-convictPerson previously incarcerated
- releasedSet free from confinement
- probationerPerson serving trial period
freedman · reintegrating · rehabilitated · returnee · exonerated · acquitted · commuted · pardoned · second-chance · reentry
released
Set free from confinement
- outpatientTreated without admission
- post-hospitalizationPeriod after hospital release
- convalescentOne recovering from illness
recovering · aftercare · follow-up · rehabilitation · transitioned · cleared · stabilized · ambulatory
expelled
Officially removed or banished
- dismissedReleased from duty
- separatedPut or kept apart
- excommunicatedOfficially cut from church
rusticated · ousted · ejected · defrocked · cashiered · removed · delisted · disenrolled
- honorable dischargeSatisfactory military service completion
- military dischargeFormal release from service
- ear dischargeFluid exiting auditory canal
- honorably dischargedOfficially ended military service satisfactorily
- medical dischargeRelease due to illness
- discharge papersForms ending military obligation
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