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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.
1818Todd, Dismissal, a word of recent use for dismission. 1825Jamieson, Dismissal, Mr. Todd has introduced this as ‘a word of recent usage for dismission’. But it is of long standing in Scotland.
a1806Bp. Horsley Serm. xxxviii. (1826) 468 ‘Send her away’, that is, grant her petition, and give her her dismissal. 1816Scott Old Mort. v, Never conceived the possibility of such a thing as dismissal. 1842–3Grove Corr. Phys Forces 3 (L.) Requesting..dismissal from the minds of my readers of preconceived views. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 13 His dismissal produced a great sensation. 1885Weekly Notes 28 Mar. 67/1 Notwithstanding the dismissal of the action. 1889J. M. Duncan Lect. Dis. Women xvi. 120 This patient has returned since dismissal [from hospital].
attrib.1891Pall Mall G. 5 Mar. 6/1 The matron's exercise of her dismissal powers. |