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.
2.
Removal from office or employment; discharge, either with honor or with disgrace.
3.
Rejection; a setting aside as trivial, invalid, or unworthy of consideration.
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