dismissal

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
14
Letters
9
Pronunciation
[dɪsˈmɪsəɫ] (UK)
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[dɪsˈmɪsəɫ] (UK) · [dɪzˈmɪsəɫ] (UK)

Definition of dismissal

8 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of sending someone away.
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noun

  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.
    “No one, however, would have anything to do with him, as Mr. Keeson's orders in those respects were very strict ; he had often threatened any one of his employés with instant dismissal if he found him in company with one of these touts.”
  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.

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Etymology

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

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