dismissal

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a judgment disposing of the matter without a trial
  2. noun official notice that you have been fired from your job
  3. noun permission to go; the sending away of someone

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

judgment of dismissal, judgement of dismissal

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