Definition of "dismission" noun countable and uncountable , plural dismissions
The act of dismissing or sending away (someone ). quotations examples
Quotations Though Mrs Honour was principally attached to her own interest , she was not without some little attachment to Sophia . […] She no sooner therefore heard a piece of news , which she imagined to be of great importance to her mistress , than , quite forgetting the anger which she had conceived two days before , at her unpleasant dismission from Sophia ’s presence , she ran hastily to inform her of the news .
1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […]
Removal from office ; termination of employment or services , or position in ones affections . quotations examples
Quotations […] and if , upon finding his hopes with regard to Rosilia frustrated , she should be so fortunate as once again to bring him to renew his addresses to herself , how great would be her triumph in then giving him his final dismission .
1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter V, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], page 53