Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dismissal"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dismissal \Dis*miss"al\, n.
Dismission; discharge.
Officeholders were commanded faithfully to enforce it,
upon pain of immediate dismissal. --Motley.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dismissal
n 1: a judgment disposing of the matter without a trial [syn: {judgment
of dismissal}, {judgement of dismissal}]
2: official notice that you have been fired from your job [syn:
{dismission}, {pink slip}]
3: permission to go; the sending away of someone
4: the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free
to depart) [syn: {dismission}, {discharge}, {firing}, {liberation},
{release}, {sack}, {sacking}]
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