dismissal

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of sending someone away.
2. (countable, uncountable) Deprivation of office; the fact or process of being fired from employment or stripped of rank.
3. (countable, uncountable) A written or spoken statement of such an act.
4. (countable, uncountable) Release from confinement; liberation.
5. (countable, uncountable) Removal from consideration; putting something out of one's mind, mentally disregarding something or someone.
6. (countable, uncountable) The rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim or charge made therein.
7. (countable, uncountable) The event of a batsman getting out; a wicket.
8. (countable, uncountable) The final blessing said by a priest or minister at the end of a religious service.

Synonyms

discharge

sending away

rejection

expulsion

release

sack

dismission

sacking

firing

removal

suspension

layoff

pink slip

denial

dismiss

banishment

acquittal

deposal

departure

judgement of dismissal

deposition

liberation

judgment of dismissal

lay off

refusal

farewell

ejection

ostracism

dissolution

displacement

declining

discharging

chuck

disbandment

chop

disapproval

disallowance

change

axing

abandoning

leisure

leave

lay-off

cessation

holiday

heave-ho

negative

nonsuit

notice

denunciation

Translations

Entlassung

licenciement

despido

licenziamento

Amtsenthebung

renvoi

ontslag

congé

απόλυση

demissão

acomiadament

destitution

révocation

limogeage

destitución

Pronounced as (IPA)

[dɪsˈmɪsəɫ]

Etymology

From dismiss + -al. A nineteenth-century coinage (modelled on committal etc.), replacing the regular form dismission.