'Dismission' definitions:
Definition of 'dismission'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Dismission'
From: GCIDE
- Dismission \Dis*mis"sion\, n. [Cf. L. dimissio.]
- 1. The act dismissing or sending away; permission to leave; leave to depart; dismissal; as, the dismission of the grand jury. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Removal from office or employment; discharge, either with honor or with disgrace. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Rejection; a setting aside as trivial, invalid, or unworthy of consideration. [1913 Webster]