dismission Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun official notice that you have been fired from your job
    pink slip; dismissal.
  2. noun the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
    sacking; dismissal; firing; sack; liberation; release; discharge.

WordNet


Dis*mis"sion noun
Etymology
Cf. L. dimissio.
Definitions
  1. The act dismissing or sending away; permission to leave; leave to depart; dismissal; as, the dismission of the grand jury.
  2. Removal from office or employment; discharge, either with honor or with disgrace.
  3. Rejection; a setting aside as trivial, invalid, or unworthy of consideration.

Webster 1913