# dismissal

> English word · Noun · IPA [dɪsˈmɪsəɫ] · frequency rank #10,841

## Definitions
1. The act of sending someone away.
2. Deprivation of office; the fact or process of being fired from employment or stripped of rank.
3. A written or spoken statement of such an act.
4. Release from confinement; liberation.
5. Removal from consideration; putting something out of one's mind, mentally disregarding something or someone.
6. The rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim or charge made therein.
7. The event of a batsman getting out; a wicket.
8. The final blessing said by a priest or minister at the end of a religious service.

## Etymology
From dismiss + -al. A nineteenth-century coinage (modelled on committal etc.), replacing the regular form dismission.

## Easily confused with
- **dismissed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dismissal-vs-dismissed)
- **dismiss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dismiss-vs-dismissal)

## Common misspellings (12)
`ddismissal`, `dimsissal`, `disimssal`, `dismisal`, `dismisasl`, `dismissall`, `dismissla`, `dismmissal`, `dismsisal`, `dissmissal`, `dsimissal`, `idsmissal`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/dismissal