Associations to the word «Dismissal»

Wiktionary

DISMISSAL, noun. The act of sending someone away.
DISMISSAL, noun. ​Deprivation of office; the fact or process of being fired from employment or stripped of rank.
DISMISSAL, noun. A written or spoken statement of such an act.
DISMISSAL, noun. Release from confinement; liberation.
DISMISSAL, noun. Removal from consideration; putting something out of one's mind, mentally disregarding something or someone.
DISMISSAL, noun. (legal) The rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim or charge made therein.
DISMISSAL, noun. (cricket) The event of a batsman getting out; a wicket.

Dictionary definition

DISMISSAL, noun. A judgment disposing of the matter without a trial.
DISMISSAL, noun. Official notice that you have been fired from your job.
DISMISSAL, noun. Permission to go; the sending away of someone.
DISMISSAL, noun. The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart).

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King