mustered out
Released from service
Mustered out means formally discharged from military service.
When soldiers are mustered out, they're released from duty and returned to civilian life: He was mustered out of the Army in 1945.
The phrase comes from muster, the assembly of troops for inspection or roll call—mustering out is the final such assembly before discharge.
- drummed outDismissed dishonorably from service
- paperworkAdministrative written tasks
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
- enlistmentVoluntary entry into service
- ordersInstructions to obey
demobilization · reintegration · adjustment · veteran · honorable discharge · medical discharge · walking papers · separation agreement · nostalgia · debriefing · active duty · uncertainty · documentation · camaraderie · processing · civilian life · relief · records
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- Former Rolesex-president, ex-wife, ex-husband, ex-boyfriend, ex-girlfriend
mustered outmustered in
Formally enrolled for duty
enlisted · inducted · drafted · conscripted · commissioned
mustered outdeployed
Positioned for use
mobilized · mustered · shipped out · called to action · assembled
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