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Meaning of DISMISSION

Pronunciation:  dis'mishun

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
  2. [n]  official notice that you have been fired from your job
 
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 Synonyms: discharge, dismissal, dismissal, firing, liberation, pink slip, release, sack, sacking
 
 See Also: conclusion, conge, deactivation, dishonorable discharge, ending, inactivation, notice, removal, Section Eight, superannuation, termination

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.
2. Removal from office or employment; discharge, either with
   honor or with disgrace.
3. Rejection; a setting aside as trivial, invalid, or
   unworthy of consideration.
 

 

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