dismissal   (Sound)

The noun dismissal has 4 senses

• judgment of dismissal, judgement of dismissal, dismissal -- (a judgment disposing of the matter without a trial)


• dismissal, dismission, pink slip -- (official notice that you have been fired from your job)


• dismissal -- (permission to go; the sending away of someone)


• dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking -- (the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart))