dismissal definition
Overview
This page has 8 definitions of dismissal in English. Dismissal is a noun. Also define these 16 related words and terms: office, fired, release, liberation, law, rejection, proceeding, claim, charge, cricket, event, batsman, wicket, Christianity, blessing, and religious service.
English
Etymology
From dismiss + -al. A nineteenth-century coinage (modelled on committal etc.), replacing the regular form dismission.
Pronunciation
Noun
dismissal (countable and uncountable, plural dismissals)
- The act of sending someone away.
- Deprivation of office; the fact or process of being fired from employment or stripped of rank.
- 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 2, in The Hocussing of Cigarette[1]:
- No one, however, would have anything to do with him, as Mr. Keeson's orders in those respects were very strict ; he had often threatened any one of his employés with instant dismissal if he found him in company with one of these touts.
Office definition
A ceremonial duty or service, particularly:- The authorized form of ceremonial worship of a church.
- Mass, the introit sung at its beginning.
- Any special liturgy, as the Office for the Dead or of the Virgin.
- A daily service without the eucharist.
- The daily service of the breviary, the liturgy for each canonical hour, including psalms, collects, and lessons. (1 of 32 office definitions)
- A written or spoken statement of such an act.
- Release from confinement; liberation.
Release definition
The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms). (1 of 15 release definitions)
Liberation definition
The act of liberating or the state of being liberated. (1 of 2 liberation definitions)
- Removal from consideration; putting something out of one's mind, mentally disregarding something or someone.
- (law) The rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim or charge made therein.
Law definition
The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its legislative and judicial authorities. (1 of 19 law definitions)
Proceeding definition
present participle of proceed
- (cricket) The event of a batsman getting out; a wicket.
Wicket definition
A small door or gate, especially one beside a larger one. (1 of 14 wicket definitions)
- (Christianity) The final blessing said by a priest or minister at the end of a religious service
Christianity definition
An Abrahamic religion originating from the community of the followers of Jesus Christ.
Blessing definition
Some kind of divine or supernatural aid, or reward. (1 of 8 blessing definitions)
Derived terms
- letter of dismissal
Translations
act of sending someone away
deprivation of office
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rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim
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