dismission

noun

dis·​mis·​sion də̇ˈsmishən 

plural -s

1

: the act of dismissing or of being dismissed

2

archaic : the document or the form of expression by which an act of dismissing is effected

Word History

Etymology

modification (influenced by dis-) of Latin dimission-, dimissio, from dimissus + -ion-, -io -ion

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Rhymes for dismission

• addition
• admission
• ambition
• attrition
• audition
• clinician
• cognition
• coition
• commission
• condition
• contrition
• dentition