Dismission

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dismission \Dis*mis"sion\, n. [Cf. L. dimissio.]
     1. The act dismissing or sending away; permission to leave;
        leave to depart; dismissal; as, the dismission of the
        grand jury.
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     2. Removal from office or employment; discharge, either with
        honor or with disgrace.
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     3. Rejection; a setting aside as trivial, invalid, or
        unworthy of consideration.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dismission
       n 1: official notice that you have been fired from your job [syn:
             {dismissal}, {pink slip}]
       2: the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free
          to depart) [syn: {dismissal}, {discharge}, {firing}, {liberation},
           {release}, {sack}, {sacking}]