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dismissal

[ dis-mis-uhl ]

noun

  1. an act or instance of dismissing.
  2. the state of being dismissed.
  3. a spoken or written order of discharge from employment, service, enrollment, etc.


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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ԴDzd·s noun
  • d·a noun
  • d·a noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of dismissal1

First recorded in 1800–10; dismiss + -al 2
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Occasionally prone to a clumsy comment in the media, Brook last year was criticised for saying "who cares?" when asked about some of England's dismissals in an ODI defeat by Australia.

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Lutnick’s dismissal of the effect of delayed payments on millions of Americans was so crass and cavalier it would make Ayn Rand blush.

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In a ruling on Wednesday, US District Judge Dale Ho said that the Justice Department had not objected to a motion from Adams seeking the permanent dismissal of the case.

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But in the days since, it’s become clear the dismissal is part of a broader campaign against Trump’s perceived enemies that has roiled the Justice Department and some of the nation’s highest-powered law firms.

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Meanwhile, the Department of Justice has already moved to squelch independent decision-making by immigration court judges, threatening them with nothing short of dismissal should they rule against the president’s prerogatives.

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