A veteran may not be discharged or subjected to adverse employment action for one year after the date of reinstatement, except for cause; the same rule applies to service in the reserves or National Guard. Employers must provide up to 24 months of health plan coverage to employees when they are absent on military leave.
defeat. 1. To win a victory over, as in battle or a competition: beat, best, conquer, master, overcome, prevail against (or over), rout, subdue, subjugate, surmount, triumph over, vanquish, worst. Informal: trim, whip. Slang: ace, lick. Idioms: carry the day, get the best of, get the better of, go someone one better. 2.
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word defeat. Princeton's WordNet(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: defeat, licking(noun) an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest. it was a narrow defeat; the army's only defeat; they suffered a convincing licking. frustration, defeat(verb) the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals.