weekend passes
Saturday-Sunday time allowed
Weekend passes are short-term leaves granted to military personnel, prisoners, or patients in institutional care, typically allowing them to leave from Friday evening through Sunday: He got a weekend pass to visit his family.
The term implies temporary freedom within a controlled system—you're expected back when it ends.
- furloughGranted absence from work
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
- shore leaveSailor's permitted absence ashore
- leaveSanctioned time away
- militaryArmed forces collectively
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- ticketingticket sales, box office, ticket agent, ticket agents, ticket booth
- boarding schoolsboarding school, boarding house, dormitory, dormitories, dorm
- girls' boarding schoolsdormitories, dorms, uniforms, headmistress, house system
- military regulationshonor code, dress code, uniform code, uniform standards, grooming standards
weekend passesextended leave
indefinite leave · day passes · annual leave · sabbatical · compassionate leave
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Enforced restriction on movement
incarceration · solitary confinement · detention · house arrest · grounding
weekend passesdischarge
Release of substance outward
release · honorable discharge · parole · separation · dismissal
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