dismissals
Letting people go
Dismissals is the plural of dismissal, which names the act of sending someone away or ending their employment.
In workplace contexts, dismissal is often a formal or euphemistic term for firing: The company announced mass dismissals following the merger.
In legal settings, a dismissal ends a case or removes charges: The judge granted a dismissal of all charges.
Dismissals can also refer to casually rejecting ideas or concerns: Her dismissals of his suggestions became a pattern.
Termination without cause
- firingTerminating employment
- terminationAct of ending something
- severanceTermination pay or disconnection
- redundancyNeedless duplication
sacking · downsizing · outplacement · retrenchment · discharge · axing · notice · separation
Forced permanent removal
- suspensionTemporary halt or exclusion
- probationSupervised trial period
- removalAct of taking away
- misconductImproper professional behavior
Abrupt, curt rejection
- brush-offAbrupt, dismissive rejection
- snubDeliberate dismissive rejection
- wave-offDismissive hand gesture
- cold-shoulderIntentional social rejection
disregard · slight · blow-off · put-down · condescension · disdain · contempt · indifference
Formal clearing of charges
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- rulingFormal legal determination
- overturnReverse or invalidate
- appealFormal review request
layoff
Termination without cause
- firingTerminating employment
- terminationAct of ending something
- severanceTermination pay or disconnection
redundancy · sacking · downsizing · outplacement · retrenchment · discharge · axing · notice · separation · furlough
expulsion
Forced permanent removal
- suspensionTemporary halt or exclusion
- probationSupervised trial period
- removalAct of taking away
rebuff
Abrupt, curt rejection
- brush-offAbrupt, dismissive rejection
- snubDeliberate dismissive rejection
- wave-offDismissive hand gesture
cold-shoulder · disregard · slight · blow-off · put-down · condescension · disdain · contempt · indifference · curt
acquittal
Formal clearing of charges
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- rulingFormal legal determination
- overturnReverse or invalidate
- municipal courtscity courts, traffic courts, housing court, night court, court clerks
- mockerymockery, ridiculing, jeers, jeering, jibes
- cricketbatsman, bowler, wicket, bat, ball
- litigationpleadings, lawsuit, plaintiff, complaint, lawsuits
- court recordscourt documents, court transcripts, court records, court cases, court record
- Legal rulingsrulings, ruling, judgments, verdict, verdicts
dismissalshirings
Acts of employing people
appointments · employments · recruitments · retentions · engagements
dismissalsacceptances
Affirmative replies received
acknowledgments · validations · endorsements · embraces · considerations
dismissalsacceptances
Affirmative replies received
filings · prosecutions · proceedings · hearings · trials
- early dismissalPremature end to session
- wrongful dismissalIllegal firing from work
- unfair dismissalImproper ending of employment
- dismissal noticeFormal job termination communication
- summary dismissalImmediate employment termination
- dismissal letterWritten job termination notice