Dismissal - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- official notice that you have been fired from your job (syn: dismission)
- permission to go; the sending away of someone
- the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) (syn: discharge, dismission, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking)
Extra examples
...numerous dismissals from the company during the economic slump...
They feel injured by our dismissal of their concerns.
Wilson was claiming compensation for unfair dismissal.
No dismissals have been announced yet.
Gill's dismissal of the book as '386 pages of rubbish'
He took it for a dismissal.
The hypothesis is worthy of dismissal.
...his debonair dismissal of my inquiry concerning his financial situation led me to believe that nothing was wrong...
...the putative reason for her dismissal was poor job performance...
His unceremonious dismissal by the new boss surprised everybody.
The fear of dismissal has been hovering over me ever since the director's warning.
The newspapers faithfully reported the events that led up to the Minister's dismissal.
He lost his claim for unfair dismissal.
There was a second reason for his dismissal.
Unauthorized absence is sufficient reason for dismissal.
Word forms
singular: dismissal
plural: dismissals
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