Dictionary

dismissal en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• [dɪsˈmɪsəɫ] (UK)
• [dɪzˈmɪsəɫ] (UK)
• (Australia) audio

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of sending someone away.
2. (countable, uncountable) Deprivation of office; the fact or process of being fired from employment or stripped of rank.
   • 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. 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Hocussing of Cigarette”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:
3. (countable, uncountable) A written or spoken statement of such an act.
4. (countable, uncountable) Release from confinement; liberation.
5. (countable, uncountable) Removal from consideration; putting something out of one's mind, mentally disregarding something or someone.
6. (countable, uncountable) The rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim or charge made therein.
7. (countable, uncountable) The event of a batsman getting out; a wicket.
8. (countable, uncountable) The final blessing said by a priest or minister at the end of a religious service.

Forms

Deriveds

nondismissal · predismissal · constructive dismissal · unfair dismissal · summary dismissal · letter of dismissal · antidismissal · redismissal · wrongful dismissal

Synonyms

heave-ho

Translations (86)

ca destitució (deprivation of office) · ko 해고 (deprivation of office) · hu elbocsátás (act of sending someone away) · pt despedimento (deprivation of office) · sv uppsägning (deprivation of office) · hi पदच्युति (deprivation of office) · pt dispensa (act of sending someone away) · ta பணிநீக்கம் (deprivation of office) · pt arquivação (rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim) · ru отста́вка (deprivation of office) · pl dymisja (deprivation of office) · de Entlassung (deprivation of office) · ru увольне́ние (deprivation of office) · ko 파직 (deprivation of office) · da fyring (deprivation of office) · cs propuštění (deprivation of office) · sh отпуштање (deprivation of office) · pt arquivamento (rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim) · ru сокраще́ние (deprivation of office) · vi sự giải tán (act of sending someone away) · es destitución (deprivation of office) · de Abberufung (deprivation of office) · fi erottaminen (deprivation of office) · ro revocare (rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim) · de Abweisung (rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim) · hu elutasítás (rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim) · uk звільня́ння (deprivation of office) · el απόλυση (deprivation of office) · fa برکناری (deprivation of office) · ro concediere (deprivation of office) · id pengusiran (act of sending someone away) · de Zurückweisung (rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim) · lt atleidimas (deprivation of office) · es desistimiento (rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim) · la dīmissiō (act of sending someone away) · da opsigelse (deprivation of office) · de Wegschicken (act of sending someone away) · sl odpustitev (deprivation of office) · es despido (act of sending someone away) · da bortsendelse (act of sending someone away) · fr licenciement (deprivation of office) · ru отклоне́ние (rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim) · ota اذن (act of sending someone away) · hi निष्कासन (act of sending someone away) · sk prepustenie (deprivation of office) · de Abweisung (act of sending someone away) · it licenziamento (deprivation of office) · mk отпуст (deprivation of office) · es desestimación (rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim) · bg отхвъ́рляне (rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim) · de Kündigung (deprivation of office) · ur بَرْخاسْتَگی (deprivation of office) · be звальне́нне (deprivation of office) · cmn 解僱 /解雇 (deprivation of office) · pt dispensa (deprivation of office) · nb oppsigelse (deprivation of office) · id pemecatan (deprivation of office) · ca llicenciament (deprivation of office) · bg отпращане (act of sending someone away) · fi hylkääminen (rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim) · ro respingere (rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim) · mk отпуштање (deprivation of office) · pl zwolnienie (deprivation of office) · bg уволне́ние (deprivation of office) · ar إِقَالَة (deprivation of office) · hi सेवामुक्ति (deprivation of office) · es sobreseimiento (rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim) · nl ontslag (deprivation of office) · fi häätäminen (act of sending someone away) · tl pawalansaysay (rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim) · vi sự giải tán (deprivation of office) · da afskedigelse (deprivation of office) · de Abweisen (act of sending someone away) · da afvisning (rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim) · fr limogeage (deprivation of office) · et vallandamine (deprivation of office) · ro demitere (deprivation of office) · sl odpust (deprivation of office) · ja 解雇 (deprivation of office) · pt demissão (deprivation of office) · fr non-lieu (rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim) · sh otpuštanje (deprivation of office) · is frávísun (rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim) · uk зві́льнення (deprivation of office) · lv atlaišana (deprivation of office) · ru ро́спуск (act of sending someone away)