dismissal

1. 1.

   a judgment disposing of the matter without a trial

   Synonymsjudgment of dismissaljudgement of dismissal

   Broaderjudgment

   law

2. 2.

   official notice that you have been fired from your job

   Synonymsdismissionpink slip

   Broadernotice

   Narrowerwalking papers
3. 3.

   permission to go; the sending away of someone

   Broaderpermission
4. 4.

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

   Synonymsdismissiondischargefiringliberationreleasesacksacking

   Broadertermination

   Narrowersuperannuationcongeremovaldeactivationhonorable dischargedishonorable dischargeSection Eight

Other forms of dismissal

plural

dismissals·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dismissal

What does dismissal mean?

dismissal means "a judgment disposing of the matter without a trial". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dismissal?

dismissal has 3 syllables: di-smis-sal. The stress falls on "smis". In IPA it is /dɪˈsmɪsəl/.

What is another word for dismissal?

Close synonyms include judgment of dismissal, judgement of dismissal, dismission, pink slip, dismission. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dismissal a common word?

dismissal is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.