Dismissal
noun
The action of sending someone away or allowing them to leave.
The boss gave him a dismissal after he was caught stealing company materials.
Often appears as...
- unfair dismissal
- dismissal for cause
noun
The act of deciding that something or someone is not important and not worth considering.
She gave a dismissal to his ideas because they were unrealistic.
Often appears as...
- dismissal of claims
- summary dismissal
noun
An act of ending a case or a legal process.
The dismissal of the case was a huge relief to the defendant.
Often appears as...
- voluntary dismissal
- dismissal with prejudice
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Formal
noun
The act of removing a player from a team.
The captain's dismissal for misconduct was a turning point in the game's dynamics.
Often appears as...
- player's dismissal
- dismissal for misconduct
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Informal
noun
The action of sending someone away or allowing them to leave.
The boss gave him a dismissal after he was caught stealing company materials.
Often appears as...
- unfair dismissal
- dismissal for cause
noun
The act of deciding that something or someone is not important and not worth considering.
She gave a dismissal to his ideas because they were unrealistic.
Often appears as...
- dismissal of claims
- summary dismissal
noun
An act of ending a case or a legal process.
The dismissal of the case was a huge relief to the defendant.
Often appears as...
- voluntary dismissal
- dismissal with prejudice
Usage tips
Formal
noun
The act of removing a player from a team.
The captain's dismissal for misconduct was a turning point in the game's dynamics.
Often appears as...
- player's dismissal
- dismissal for misconduct
Usage tips
Informal
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Workplace Context
Often used to describe being fired or let go from a job, usually formal and serious.
After the reorganization, there were many dismissals.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Emotion
Can infer someone’s feelings of sadness, anger, or disappointment when they're dismissed.
Feeling dejected after his dismissal, he packed up his desk.
Pro Tip 3/3Required Procedure
There might be a legal or formal process to follow for a dismissal to happen.
The company needs to issue a formal notice of dismissal.
Pro Tip 1/3Workplace Context
Often used to describe being fired or let go from a job, usually formal and serious.
After the reorganization, there were many dismissals.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Emotion
Can infer someone’s feelings of sadness, anger, or disappointment when they're dismissed.
Feeling dejected after his dismissal, he packed up his desk.
Pro Tip 3/3Required Procedure
There might be a legal or formal process to follow for a dismissal to happen.
The company needs to issue a formal notice of dismissal.
Pro Tip 1/3Workplace Context
Often used to describe being fired or let go from a job, usually formal and serious.
After the reorganization, there were many dismissals.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Emotion
Can infer someone’s feelings of sadness, anger, or disappointment when they're dismissed.
Feeling dejected after his dismissal, he packed up his desk.
Pro Tip 3/3Required Procedure
There might be a legal or formal process to follow for a dismissal to happen.
The company needs to issue a formal notice of dismissal.
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How My Mind Came Back to...
deserving of harsh words, dismissal and even abuse. To others, I was the tragically brain-damaged boy who had grown to become a man. Someone they were kind to and cared for. Good or bad, I was a blank canvas
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How My Mind Came Back to...
deserving of harsh words, dismissal and even abuse. To others, I was the tragically brain-damaged boy who had grown to become a man. Someone they were kind to and cared for. Good or bad, I was a blank canvas
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Sallie Krawcheck
American Businesswoman
My low point was after being reorganized out of running Merrill Lynch. That dismissal deeply contradicted my sense of fairness, since, at the time, my team and I had done what we were brought in to do: We had turned Merrill Lynch around from the depths of the financial crisis.
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Campbell Brown
American Journalist
It's the way tenure works, together with dismissal protections that tenured teachers have, that no other public employee has, which makes it almost impossible to remove a grossly ineffective and incompetent teacher or, in some cases, even an abusive teacher.
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Sarah Rees Brennan
Irish Writer
I'm a girl, so I've experienced dismissal because I was a girl or because I write about girls: my book with a guy protagonist is treated as more literary and worthy than my other books with girl protagonists.
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Joy Reid
American Journalist
Being on a grand jury felt like attending a series of hangings in a legal Wild West. Hands up for a true bill. Hands up for a dismissal. A show of hands to save a life, or to end it.
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Sean Evans
American Entertainer
When you consider the depths to which major college football coaches are willing to sink in order to protect their programs, Tyrann Mathieu's dismissal from LSU is staggering.
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Thomas Kinkade
American Artist
The concept that an artist would be revered by popular culture is an immediate dismissal of his relevance as an artist.
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Marc Jacobs
American Designer
I love how the reality of fashion is all about something for that moment and then the extremity of dismissal.
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Natasha Trethewey
American Poet
Dismissals of poetry are nothing new. It's easy to dismiss poetry if one has not read much of it.
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Frank Woolley
English Athlete
I was not depressed when they got me out. I have always taken my dismissals as part of the game.
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Bill Dedman
American Journalist
Some employees are protected by union or personal contracts that limit reasons for dismissal.
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Sallie Krawcheck
American Businesswoman
My low point was after being reorganized out of running Merrill Lynch. That dismissal deeply contradicted my sense of fairness, since, at the time, my team and I had done what we were brought in to do: We had turned Merrill Lynch around from the depths of the financial crisis.
Quote examples
Campbell Brown
American Journalist
It's the way tenure works, together with dismissal protections that tenured teachers have, that no other public employee has, which makes it almost impossible to remove a grossly ineffective and incompetent teacher or, in some cases, even an abusive teacher.
Quote examples
Sarah Rees Brennan
Irish Writer
I'm a girl, so I've experienced dismissal because I was a girl or because I write about girls: my book with a guy protagonist is treated as more literary and worthy than my other books with girl protagonists.
Quote examples
Joy Reid
American Journalist
Being on a grand jury felt like attending a series of hangings in a legal Wild West. Hands up for a true bill. Hands up for a dismissal. A show of hands to save a life, or to end it.
Quote examples
Sean Evans
American Entertainer
When you consider the depths to which major college football coaches are willing to sink in order to protect their programs, Tyrann Mathieu's dismissal from LSU is staggering.
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Thomas Kinkade
American Artist
The concept that an artist would be revered by popular culture is an immediate dismissal of his relevance as an artist.
Quote examples
Marc Jacobs
American Designer
I love how the reality of fashion is all about something for that moment and then the extremity of dismissal.
Quote examples
Natasha Trethewey
American Poet
Dismissals of poetry are nothing new. It's easy to dismiss poetry if one has not read much of it.
Quote examples
Frank Woolley
English Athlete
I was not depressed when they got me out. I have always taken my dismissals as part of the game.
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Bill Dedman
American Journalist
Some employees are protected by union or personal contracts that limit reasons for dismissal.
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