dismissal
Pronunciation: [dɪsˈmɪsəɫ]
The English word “dismissal” has 8 meanings listed here.
noun
- The act of sending someone away.
- Deprivation of office; the fact or process of being fired from employment or stripped of rank.
- A written or spoken statement of such an act.
- Release from confinement; liberation.
- Removal from consideration; putting something out of one's mind, mentally disregarding something or someone.
- The rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim or charge made therein.
- The event of a batsman getting out; a wicket.
- The final blessing said by a priest or minister at the end of a religious service.
Etymology
From dismiss + -al. A nineteenth-century coinage (modelled on committal etc.), replacing the regular form dismission.
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