terminal leave
Noun: - Final leave before discharge from military service: A period of authorized absence granted to a member of the armed forces immediately prior to their official release or separation from active duty. This leave is typically taken at the end of a service member's career or enlistment period.
"Terminal leave" is a specific military term. It functions as a compound noun. The word "terminal" here means "of, forming, or situated at the end or boundary of something." It is used to describe the specific, final block of leave. - A service member must apply for and be granted terminal leave. - He is currently on terminal leave and will be officially retired next month. - She saved up her leave days to take a long terminal leave before starting her civilian career.
- To be on terminal leave: The state of currently using this final leave period.
- To sell terminal leave: In some military services, personnel may have the option to monetarily compensate for unused leave days instead of taking them, though regulations vary.
- Leave (noun): Permission to be absent from duty.
- Separation (noun): The official process of leaving military service.
- Discharge (noun): The official release from military service.
- Post-deployment leave: Leave taken after returning from a deployment, which is distinct from terminal leave.
- Final leave
- Separation leave (Note: This is a near-synonym, but "terminal leave" is the more standard and specific term in U.S. military context.)
- Transition leave: Sometimes used interchangeably with "terminal leave," emphasizing the transition to civilian life.
- Out-processing: The administrative procedures completed during or before terminal leave.
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final leave before discharge from military service
