1 [U,C] the act of dismissing sb from their job; an example of this:
He still hopes to win his claim against unfair dismissal. * The dismissals followed the resignation of the chairman.
2 [U] the failure to consider sth as important:
Her casual dismissal of the threats seemed irresponsible. * Dismissal of the last piece of evidence as unreliable would severely affect our case.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is dismissal a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, dismissal is tagged as noun.
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