dismissal
(dɪsˈmɪsəl)
[f. dismiss v. + -al1; cf. committal, refusal, upheaval. A recent word equivalent to, and now tending to displace the more regular dismission.]
= dismission, q.v. for detail of senses.
Not in Johnson or Ash.
| 1818 Todd, Dismissal, a word of recent use for dismission. 1825 Jamieson, Dismissal, Mr. Todd has introduced this as ‘a word of recent usage for dismission’. But it is of long standing in Scotland. |
| a 1806 Bp. Horsley Serm. xxxviii. (1826) 468 ‘Send her away’, that is, grant her petition, and give her her dismissal. 1816 Scott Old Mort. v, Never conceived the possibility of such a thing as dismissal. 1842–3 Grove Corr. Phys Forces 3 (L.) Requesting..dismissal from the minds of my readers of preconceived views. 1849 Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 13 His dismissal produced a great sensation. 1885 Weekly Notes 28 Mar. 67/1 Notwithstanding the dismissal of the action. 1889 J. M. Duncan Lect. Dis. Women xvi. 120 This patient has returned since dismissal [from hospital]. |
| attrib. 1891 Pall Mall G. 5 Mar. 6/1 The matron's exercise of her dismissal powers. |