dismissal
Syllables: dis·mis·salUK[dɪsˈmɪsəɫ]
dismissal noun: the act of sending someone away.
Noun
dismissal (countable and uncountable, plural dismissals)
- The act of sending someone away.
- Synonyms:
- heave-ho
- 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.1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Hocussing of Cigarette”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London...
- A written or spoken statement of such an act.
- Release from confinement; liberation.
- Removal from consideration; putting something out of one's mind, mentally disregarding something or someone.
- The rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim or charge made therein.
- The event of a batsman getting out; a wicket.
- The final blessing said by a priest or minister at the end of a religious service.
dismissal meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu
dismissal in Hindi
- act of sending someone away
- निष्कासन niṣkāsan
- deprivation of office
- पदच्युति padacyuti, सेवामुक्ति sevāmukti
dismissal in Tamil
- deprivation of office
- பணிநீக்கம் paṇinīkkam
dismissal in Urdu
- deprivation of office
- بَرْخاسْتَگی barxāstagī
dismissal in Telugu
- dismissal, holiday
- సెలవు selavu
More languagesFewer languages
- dismissal in Malayalam
- പുറത്താക്കൽ puṟattākkal
- dismissal in Kannada
- ತಳ್ಳುಪಡಿ, ತಳ್ಪಡಿ
- dismissal in Punjabi
- چھٹی chuṭṭī
- dismissal in Gujarati
- જાકારો jākāro, રજા rajā
- dismissal in Tagalog
- pawalansaysay
- dismissal in Arabic
- إِقَالَة ʔiqāla
- dismissal in Indonesian
- pengusiran, pemecatan
- dismissal in Persian
- برکناری bar-kenâri
- dismissal in Vietnamese
- sự giải tán
Examples of dismissal in a sentence
- The matter was brought to a close by summary dismissal of the cases.
- The only sour note for Larne was the dismissal of Chris Gallagher, with 30 minutes left.
- It is a common assumption that a constructive dismissal is automatically unfair.
Synonyms of dismissal
Forms of dismissal
| plural | dismissals |
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Origin of dismissal
From dismiss + -al. A nineteenth-century coinage (modelled on committal etc.), replacing the regular form dismission.
Words formed from dismissal
Questions about dismissal
- What does dismissal mean?
- Dismissal means the act of sending someone away.
- What is dismissal in Hindi?
- Dismissal in Hindi is निष्कासन (niṣkāsan), पदच्युति (padacyuti), सेवामुक्ति (sevāmukti). See Dismissal meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is dismissal?
- Dismissal is a noun.
- How do you pronounce dismissal?
- Dismissal is pronounced [dɪsˈmɪsəɫ] (UK).
- What is the plural of dismissal?
- The plural of dismissal is dismissals.
Words near dismissal in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: dismissal (page history and authors); సెలవు (Telugu) (page history and authors); പുറത്താക്കൽ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); dismissal (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); چھٹی (Punjabi) (page history and authors); જાકારો (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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