[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dismission \dismis"sion\, n. cf. l. dimissio.
   1. the act dismissing or sending away; permission to leave;
      leave to depart; dismissal; as, the dismission of the
      grand jury.
      1913 webster

   2. removal from office or employment; discharge, either with
      honor or with disgrace.
      1913 webster

   3. rejection; a setting aside as trivial, invalid, or
      unworthy of consideration.
      1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

dismission
     n 1: official notice that you have been fired from your job syn:
           dismissal, pink slip
     2: the termination of someone's employment leaving them free
        to depart syn: dismissal, discharge, firing, liberation,
         release, sack, sacking
see also:
dismissal pink slip discharge firing liberation release 
sack sacking 

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