dismissal

Etymology

From dismiss + -al. A nineteenth-century coinage (modelled on committal etc.), replacing the regular form dismission.

noun

1. The act of sending someone away.
2. 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. 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 2, in The Hocussing of Cigarette
3. A written or spoken statement of such an act.
4. Release from confinement; liberation.
5. Removal from consideration; putting something out of one's mind, mentally disregarding something or someone.
6. (law) The rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim or charge made therein.
7. (cricket) The event of a batsman getting out; a wicket.
8. (Christianity) The final blessing said by a priest or minister at the end of a religious service.