dismissal.
The act of sending someone away.
Meaning & usage
The act of sending someone away.
Deprivation of office; the fact or process of being fired from employment or stripped of rank.
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.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dī- Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *méyth₂eti Proto-Italic *meitō Old Latin mītō Latin mittō Latin dīmittō, ~mittĕre, ~mīsī, ~missumlbor. Middle English dismissen /dismisen English dismiss Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English dismissal From dismiss + -al. A nineteenth-century coinage (modelled on committal etc.), replacing the regular form dismission.
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