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DISMISSAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
Synonyms:
discharge; dismissal; dismission; firing; liberation; release; sack; sacking
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("dismissal" is a kind of...):
conclusion; ending; termination (the act of ending something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dismissal"):
superannuation (the act of discharging someone because of age (especially to cause someone to retire from service on a pension))
conge; congee (an abrupt and unceremonious dismissal)
removal (dismissal from office)
deactivation; inactivation (breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges))
honorable discharge (a discharge from the armed forces with a commendable record)
dishonorable discharge (a discharge from the armed forces for a grave offense (as sabotage or espionage or cowardice or murder))
Section Eight (a discharge from the US Army based on unfitness or character traits deemed undesirable)
Derivation:
dismiss (terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A judgment disposing of the matter without a trial
Synonyms:
dismissal; judgement of dismissal; judgment of dismissal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("dismissal" is a kind of...):
judgement; judgment; judicial decision ((law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Derivation:
dismiss (cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Permission to go; the sending away of someone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("dismissal" is a kind of...):
permission (approval to do something)
Derivation:
dismiss (end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Official notice that you have been fired from your job
Synonyms:
dismissal; dismission; pink slip
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("dismissal" is a kind of...):
notice (advance notification (usually written) of the intention to withdraw from an arrangement of contract)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dismissal"):
marching orders; walking papers ((informal) a notice of dismissal or discharge)
