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Getting told to leave, dressed up in whatever formality the leaver can afford.
means The act of being sent away or let go — from a job, a meeting, or someone's presence — officially and often without much say in the matter.
from From Latin dimittere, 'to send away' — dis- ('apart') plus mittere ('to send,' the same root that gives us 'mission' and 'missile'). It passed through French before settling into English, carrying its core sense intact for centuries: someone in charge sends you off, and you go.
- legal flavor
- can mean firing or a judge tossing a case
- summary dismissal
- firing without notice, usually for serious misconduct
- constructive dismissal
- quitting because the job made staying unbearable
- school usage
- the bell that frees children, same Latin ancestor