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DISMISSION

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)play

Synonyms:

discharge; dismissal; dismission; firing; liberation; release; sack; sacking

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("dismission" is a kind of...):

conclusion; ending; termination (the act of ending something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dismission"):

superannuation (the act of discharging someone because of age (especially to cause someone to retire from service on a pension))

conge; congee (an abrupt and unceremonious dismissal)

removal (dismissal from office)

deactivation; inactivation (breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges))

honorable discharge (a discharge from the armed forces with a commendable record)

dishonorable discharge (a discharge from the armed forces for a grave offense (as sabotage or espionage or cowardice or murder))

Section Eight (a discharge from the US Army based on unfitness or character traits deemed undesirable)

Derivation:

dismiss (terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Official notice that you have been fired from your jobplay

Synonyms:

dismissal; dismission; pink slip

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("dismission" is a kind of...):

notice (advance notification (usually written) of the intention to withdraw from an arrangement of contract)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dismission"):

marching orders; walking papers ((informal) a notice of dismissal or discharge)

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