Definition

1. Verb:
   • To discharge or release from military service: The formal process of being officially separated from active duty in the armed forces, typically upon completion of service or for other authorized reasons.

Usage

• The verb "muster out" is used to describe the official administrative action of ending a person's military service. It is often used in the passive voice (e.g., ). It implies a formal discharge, not a desertion or unauthorized departure.

Examples

• Verb:
  • After serving four years, the soldier was mustered out with honors.
  • The army mustered out thousands of troops following the end of the war.
  • He received his final pay after being mustered out of the navy.

Advanced Usage

• "to muster someone out": The active form, where the military authority performs the action of discharging a service member.
  • The department will muster the veterans out next month.

Variants and Related Words

• Muster (verb): To assemble or gather, especially for military service or inspection.
  • The troops mustered on the parade ground.
• Discharge (verb): A more general synonym for releasing someone from an obligation, institution, or military service.
• Separate (verb): Often used in a military context to mean the official end of service.

Synonyms

• Discharge: To release or dismiss from service.
• Separate: To cause to end military service.
• Decommission: To take (a ship, vehicle, or service member) out of active service.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Muster in: The opposite action; to formally enlist or enroll into military service.
  • He was mustered in at the age of eighteen.

Verb

1. release from military service