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Dismissal

Dismission; discharge.

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Broader term 7

Conclusion 76% connected

The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

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Ending 76% connected

of End

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Judgement 76% connected

the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions

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Judgment 76% connected

The act of judging; the operation of the mind, involving comparison and discrimination, by which a knowledge of the values and relations of thins, wh…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Notice 76% connected

The act of noting, remarking, or observing; observation by the senses or intellect; cognizance; note.

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Permission 76% connected

The act of permitting or allowing; formal consent; authorization; leave; license or liberty granted.

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Termination 76% connected

The act of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding; as, a voluntary termination of hostilities.

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Narrower term 4

Conge 76% connected

The act of taking leave; parting ceremony; farewell; also, dismissal.

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Congee 76% connected

See Conge, Conge.

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Removal 76% connected

The act of removing, or the state of being removed.

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Superannuation 76% connected

The state of being superannuated, or too old for office or business; the state of being disqualified by old age; decrepitude.

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Dismiss 74% connected

To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away.

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Dismiss 74% connected

To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away.

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Free 74% connected

Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclination…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Free 74% connected

Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclination…

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Synonym 7

Discharge 92% connected

To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dismission 92% connected

The act dismissing or sending away; permission to leave; leave to depart; dismissal; as, the dismission of the grand jury.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Firing 92% connected

The act of disharging firearms.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Liberation 92% connected

The act of liberating or the state of being liberated.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Release 92% connected

To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sack 92% connected

A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sacking 92% connected

of Sack

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