- release from military service or remove from the active list of military service
- (demobilization) act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops; "demobilization of factories"; "immediate demobilization of the reserves"
- To release someone from military duty, especially after a war; To disband troops, or remove them from a war footing
- (Demobilization) The process of transitioning a conflict or wartime military establishment and defense-based civilian economy to a peacetime configuration while maintaining national security and economic vitality.
- (demobilization) the act of returning the force and materiel to a premobilization posture or to some other approved posture; also involves returning the mobilized portion of the industrial base to peacetime conditions.