Meanings
noundismissal (countable and uncountable, plural dismissals)
plural dismissals
- countableuncountableDeprivation 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 - countableuncountableRelease from confinement; liberation.
- countableuncountableRemoval from consideration; putting something out of one's mind, mentally disregarding something or someone.
- countableuncountablelawThe rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim or charge made therein.
- countableuncountableChristianityThe final blessing said by a priest or minister at the end of a religious service.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe act of sending someone away.
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More synonyms by meaning
nouna judgment disposing of the matter without a trial
Similar
judgment of dismissaljudgement of dismissal
nounthe termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindī-
- Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
- Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*méyth₂eti
- Proto-Italic*meitō
- Old Latinmītō
- Latinmittō
- Latindīmittō, ~mittĕre, ~mīsī, ~missum
- Middle Englishdismissen /dismisen
- Englishdismiss
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishdismissal
From dismiss + -al. A nineteenth-century coinage (modelled on committal etc.), replacing the regular form dismission.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic إِقَالَة
- إِقَالَة (ʔiqāla)deprivation of office
Bulgarian отпращане, уволне́ние
- отпращане (otpraštane)act of sending someone away
- уволне́ние (uvolnénie)deprivation of office
- отхвъ́рляне (othvắrljane)rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim
Catalan destitució, llicenciament
- destituciódeprivation of office
- llicenciamentdeprivation of office
Chinese Mandarin 解僱 /解雇
- 解僱 /解雇 (jiěgù)deprivation of office
Czech propuštění
- propuštěnídeprivation of office
Danish bortsendelse, opsigelse
- bortsendelseact of sending someone away
- opsigelsedeprivation of office
- fyringdeprivation of office
- afskedigelsedeprivation of office
- afvisningrejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim
Dutch ontslag
- ontslagdeprivation of office
Estonian vallandamine
- vallandaminedeprivation of office
Finnish häätäminen, erottaminen
- häätäminenact of sending someone away
- erottaminendeprivation of office
- hylkääminenrejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim
French limogeage, licenciement
- limogeagedeprivation of office
- licenciementdeprivation of office
- non-lieurejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim
German Wegschicken, Abweisen
- Wegschickenact of sending someone away
- Abweisenact of sending someone away
- Abweisungact of sending someone away
- Entlassungdeprivation of office
- Kündigungdeprivation of office
- Abberufungdeprivation of office
- Abweisungrejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim
- Zurückweisungrejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim
Greek απόλυση
- απόλυση (apólysi)deprivation of office
Hindi निष्कासन, पदच्युति
- निष्कासन (niṣkāsan)act of sending someone away
- पदच्युति (padacyuti)deprivation of office
- सेवामुक्ति (sevāmukti)deprivation of office
Hungarian elbocsátás, elutasítás
- elbocsátásact of sending someone away
- elutasításrejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim
Icelandic frávísun
- frávísunrejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim
Indonesian pengusiran, pemecatan
- pengusiranact of sending someone away
- pemecatandeprivation of office
Italian licenziamento
- licenziamentodeprivation of office
Japanese 解雇
- 解雇 (kaiko)deprivation of office
Korean 해고, 파직
- 해고 (haego)deprivation of office
- 파직 (pajik)deprivation of office
Latin dīmissiō
- dīmissiōact of sending someone away
Latvian atlaišana
- atlaišanadeprivation of office
Lithuanian atleidimas
- atleidimasdeprivation of office
Norwegian Bokmål oppsigelse
- oppsigelsedeprivation of office
Persian برکناری
- برکناری (bar-kenâri)deprivation of office
Polish zwolnienie, dymisja
- zwolnieniedeprivation of office
- dymisjadeprivation of office
Portuguese dispensa, dispensa
- dispensaact of sending someone away
- dispensadeprivation of office
- demissãodeprivation of office
- despedimentodeprivation of office
- arquivamentorejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim
- arquivaçãorejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim
Romanian demitere, concediere
- demiteredeprivation of office
- concedieredeprivation of office
- revocarerejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim
- respingererejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim
Russian ро́спуск, увольне́ние
- ро́спуск (róspusk)act of sending someone away
- увольне́ние (uvolʹnénije)deprivation of office
- отста́вка (otstávka)deprivation of office
- сокраще́ние (sokraščénije)deprivation of office
- отклоне́ние (otklonénije)rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim
Slovak prepustenie
- prepusteniedeprivation of office
Spanish despido, destitución
- despidoact of sending someone away
- destitucióndeprivation of office
- desistimientorejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim
- sobreseimientorejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim
- desestimaciónrejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim
Swedish uppsägning
- uppsägningdeprivation of office
Tagalog pawalansaysay
- pawalansaysayrejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim
Tamil பணிநீக்கம்
- பணிநீக்கம் (paṇinīkkam)deprivation of office
Ukrainian зві́льнення, звільня́ння
- зві́льнення (zvílʹnennja)deprivation of office
- звільня́ння (zvilʹnjánnja)deprivation of office
Urdu بَرْخاسْتَگی
- بَرْخاسْتَگی (barxāstagī)deprivation of office
Vietnamese sự giải tán, sự giải tán
- sự giải tánact of sending someone away
- sự giải tándeprivation of office
Cite this entry
APA
dismissal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dismissal
MLA
“dismissal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dismissal. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dismissal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dismissal.
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