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dismissal

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): [d?s?m?s??], [d?z?m?s??]

Noun

dismissal (countable and uncountable, plural dismissals)

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

Derived terms

  • letter of dismissal

Translations

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dismiss

English

Etymology

Middle English, from Latin dimissus (sent away, dismissed, banished), perfect passive participle of d?mitt? (send away, dismiss), from dis- +? mittere (to send).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d?s?m?s/
  • (UK also) IPA(key): /d?z?m?s/
  • Hyphenation: dis?miss
  • Rhymes: -?s

Verb

dismiss (third-person singular simple present dismisses, present participle dismissing, simple past and past participle dismissed)

  1. (transitive) To discharge; to end the employment or service of.
  2. (transitive) To order to leave.
  3. (transitive) To dispel; to rid one’s mind of.
  4. (transitive) To reject; to refuse to accept.
    • “He was here,” observed Drina composedly, “and father was angry with him.” ¶ “What?” exclaimed Eileen. “When?” ¶ “This morning, before father went downtown.” ¶ Both Selwyn and Lansing cut in coolly, dismissing the matter with a careless word or two; and coffee was served—cambric tea in Drina’s case.
  5. (transitive) To send or put away, to discard with disregard, contempt or disdain. (sometimes followed by as).
  6. (transitive, cricket) To get a batsman out.
  7. (transitive, soccer) To give someone a red card; to send off.

Synonyms

  • (to end the employment or service of): see Thesaurus:lay off

Coordinate terms

  • brush off
  • send someone packing
  • send someone to the showers

Related terms

  • dismissal
  • dismissive
  • dismission

Translations

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