Meaning

noun official notice that you have been fired from your job

noun the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

originEtymology tree English dismiss Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English dismission From dismiss + -ion.

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