1. The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
   "His sudden dismissal came as a shock to the department";
   - dismission [rare], discharge, firing, release, sack, sacking, severance, heave-ho [informal], the axe [informal], the boot [informal], the chop [Brit, informal], chuck [Brit, informal], termination [N. Amer]
    
2. Official notice that you have been fired from your job
   "He was devastated after receiving a dismissal during the company's downsizing";
   - dismission [rare], pink slip [N. Amer]
    
3. Permission to go; the sending away of someone
   "The teacher gave the dismissal signal, and the students filed out of the classroom"
    
4. (law) a judgment disposing of the matter without a trial
   "The defendant's motion for a judgment of dismissal was granted due to lack of evidence";
   - judgment of dismissal, judgement of dismissal

Derived forms: dismissals

Type of: conclusion, ending, judgement, judgment, judicial decision, notice, permission, termination

Encyclopedia: Dismissal