DISMISSAL: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DISMISSAL?

Need another word that means the same as “dismissal”? Find 15 synonyms and 30 related words for “dismissal” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Dismissal” are: dismission, pink slip, judgement of dismissal, judgment of dismissal, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking, one's notice, rejection, repudiation, refusal, repulse

Dismissal as a Noun

Definitions of "Dismissal" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “dismissal” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The act of removing someone from employment or office; discharge.
• A judgment disposing of the matter without a trial.
• A decision not to continue hearing a case.
• The act of treating something as unworthy of serious consideration; rejection.
• The act of ordering or allowing someone to leave.
• An instance of ending a batsman's innings or of having one's innings ended.
• Official notice that you have been fired from your job.
• The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart.
• Permission to go; the sending away of someone.

Synonyms of "Dismissal" as a noun (15 Words)

discharge	A substance that has been discharged. Machinery to rehabilitate the bankrupt through the process of discharge.
dismission	The termination of someone’s employment (leaving them free to depart.
firing	The act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy. No missile firings were planned.
judgement of dismissal	The capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions.
judgment of dismissal	The capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions.
liberation	The attempt to achieve equal rights or status. She worked for women s liberation.
one's notice	Advance notification (usually written) of the intention to withdraw from an arrangement of contract.
pink slip	A person with mildly leftist political views.
refusal	An instance of a horse stopping short or running aside at a jump. An appeal against the refusal of a licence.
rejection	The state of being rejected. His proposals were met with rejection.
release	A document effecting a release of property money etc. The release of iodine from the thyroid gland.
repudiation	Rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid. Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated.
repulse	The action of driving back an attack or of being driven back. The repulse of the invaders.
sack	The quantity contained in a sack. He got the sack for swearing.
sacking	Any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry. The offence merited a written warning that could lead to a sacking.

Usage Examples of "Dismissal" as a noun

• The dismissal of an employee.
• A claim for unfair dismissal.
• The dismissal of the appeal.
• The government's dismissal of the report.
• Their controversial dismissal from the competition.
• The dismissal of a batsman.

Associations of "Dismissal" (30 Words)

absolve	Let off the hook. She asked the bishop to absolve her sins.
adjournment	The termination of a meeting. She sought an adjournment of the trial.
cutout	A switch that interrupts an electric circuit in the event of an overload.
decomposition	(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance. The decomposition of organic waste.
disband	Cause to break up or cease to function. The principal disbanded the political student organization.
discharge	Go off or discharge. Industrial plants discharge highly toxic materials into rivers.
disintegration	The spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation. A disintegration of personality.
disperse	Denoting a phase dispersed in another phase as in a colloid. The police used tear gas to disperse the protesters.
dissipation	Breaking up and scattering by dispersion. Energy dissipation.
dissolution	Debauched living; dissipation. Minerals susceptible to dissolution.
eject	Leave an aircraft rapidly using an ejection seat or capsule. He ejected the spent cartridge.
emancipate	Set (a child) free from the authority of its parents. An emancipated minor.
emancipation	Freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent’s relinquishing authority and control over a minor child. The social and political emancipation of women.
evict	Expel from one’s property or force to move out by a legal process. The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months.
exonerate	Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges. An inquiry exonerated those involved.
extravagance	A thing on which too much money has been spent or which has used up too many resources. We were surprised by the extravagance of his description.
fire	Start or maintain a fire in. Oil fires the furnace.
free	Grant freedom to free from confinement. Free enterprise.
liberate	Release (someone) from a situation which limits freedom of thought or behaviour. The serfs had been liberated.
liberation	The termination of someone’s employment (leaving them free to depart. The liberation of all political prisoners.
looseness	A lack of strict accuracy; laxity of practice. The flexibility and looseness of the materials from which mythology is made.
manumit	Free from slavery or servitude. Old Angus had never manumitted a single slave.
outlet	A market for goods. She had no other outlet for her feelings.
radiate	Arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center. He ran down one of the passages that radiated from the room.
recess	Put into a recess. Parliament was in recess.
redundancy	The state of being no longer in employment because there is no more work available. The use of industrial robots created redundancy among workers.
redundant	(of a person) no longer employed because there is no more work available. Eight permanent staff were made redundant.
release	Release as from one s grip. She released his arm and pushed him aside.
separation	The social act of separating or parting company. An improved method of lead separation.
waiver	A formal written statement of relinquishment. Their acquiescence could amount to a waiver.