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Dismissal \Dis*miss"al\, n. Dismission; discharge. [1913 Webster]

Officeholders were commanded faithfully to enforce it, upon pain of immediate dismissal. --Motley. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

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dismissal

noun

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]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

 

Dismissal \Dis*miss"al\, n. Dismission; discharge.

Officeholders were commanded faithfully to enforce it, upon pain of immediate dismissal. --Motley.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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