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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Expulsion from the armed services and denial of veterans' benefits resulting from a court-martial conviction of a serious violation of the military code, such as failure to obey orders, desertion, rape, or murder.
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- noun a discharge from the armed forces for a grave offense (as sabotage or espionage or cowardice or murder)
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