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Webster 1913 Edition
Dismission
Dis-mis′sion
,Noun.
[Cf. L.
dimissio
.] 1.
The act dismissing or sending away; permission to leave; leave to depart; dismissal;
as, the
. dismission
of the grand jury2.
Removal from office or employment; discharge, either with honor or with disgrace.
3.
Rejection; a setting aside as trivial, invalid, or unworthy of consideration.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dismission
DISMISSION
,Noun.
1.
The act of sending away; leave to depart; as the dismission of the grand jury.2.
Removal from office or employment; discharge, either with honor or disgrace.3.
An act requiring departure. [Not usual.]4.
Removal of a suit in equity.