Question

Which of the following definitions best represents the meaning of the word invalided in this sentence from Ernest Hemingway's "In Another Country"?
The doctor told me that the major's wife, who was very young and whom he had not married until he was definitely invalided out of the war, had died of pneumonia.

A. to be promoted with medals or honors
B. to be tortured in prisoner of war camps
C. to be discharged in disgrace for not reporting to duty
D. to be removed from service due to injury or illness

Answer 1

D. to be removed from service due to injury or illness

The major must have been invalided from the military due to an injury or sickness he sustained during his service.

Answer 2

Answer: D. to be removed from service due to injury or illness.

Explanation: the denotation of a word is its literal meaning, the definition that we can find in a dictionary, a word can have several denotations (or definitions). One word can have several denotations. In the given sentence from  Ernest Hemingway's "In Another Country" the best denotation or definition of the word "invalided" is to be removed from service due to injury or illness, the Major wanted to be sure that he wouldn't be returning to war, before he married his wife.