Dismissal (liturgy)
WordNet
noun
(1) The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
(2) A judgment disposing of the matter without a trial
(3) Permission to go; the sending away of someone
(4) Official notice that you have been fired from your job
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Etymology
From . A nineteenth-century coinage (modelled on etc.), replacing the regular form .
Noun
- The act of sending someone away.
- Deprivation of office; the fact or process of being fired from employment or stripped of rank.
- A written or spoken statement of such an act.
- Release from confinement; liberation.
- Removal from consideration; putting something out of one's mind, mentally disregarding something or someone.
- The rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim or charge made therein.
- The event of a batsman getting out; a wicket.