dismissals

Noun

dismissal (countable and uncountable, plural dismissals)

1. The act of sending someone away.

   Synonyms:

   heave-ho

2. 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...
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. The rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim or charge made therein.

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