dismissal

[dɪsˈmɪsəɫ] · noun

Meaning

The act of sending someone away.
Deprivation of office; the fact or process of being fired from employment or stripped of rank.
A written or spoken statement of such an act.
Release from confinement; liberation.
Removal from consideration; putting something out of one's mind, mentally disregarding something or someone.
The rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim or charge made therein.
The event of a batsman getting out; a wicket.
The final blessing said by a priest or minister at the end of a religious service.

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

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