1. (a.) Leave of absence or document given to an officer or soldier to be absent from service for a certain time\.

2. (v. t.) To furnish with a furlough; to grant leave of absence to, as to an officer or soldier.

AWOL French leave abscondence absence absence without leave absentation absenteeism absenting boot bounce break bump bust can cashier cut cyclical unemployment day off default defrock degrade demote departure deplume depose deprive disappearance disbar discharge disemploy dismiss displace displume drum out escape excused absence expel fire fleeing give the ax give the gate holiday hooky inoccupation kick kick upstairs lay off layoff leave leave of absence leaving let go let out liberty make redundant nonappearance nonattendance normal unemployment paid holiday paid vacation pension off read out of release remove replace retire running away sabbatical sabbatical leave sabbatical year sack seasonal unemployment separate forcibly shore leave sick leave strip superannuate surplus suspend technological unemployment time off truancy truantism turn off turn out unemployment unemployment insurance unexcused absence unfrock vacation weekend