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dismissal

  • noun
  • dis·mis·sal
  • [dɪsˈmɪsəɫ]

The act of sending someone away.

Other meanings

  1. Deprivation of office; the fact or process of being fired from employment or stripped of rank.

  2. A written or spoken statement of such an act.

Related words

  • antidismissal
  • nondismissal
  • predismissal
  • letter of dismissal
  • constructive dismissal
  • summary dismissal
  • wrongful dismissal
  • unfair dismissal

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