The action of discharge, v. (in various senses). Chiefly with of.

transitive. The action or an act of releasing or dismissing a person. Dismissal from service, employment, office, etc.; an instance of this.

= quietus, n. 2a, quietus, n. 3. Obsolete.

Hiring. Obsolete except in Roman Law.

The action of removing a person from an office or position; dismissal; an instance of this. Obsolete.

Deprivation of office; discharge; dismissal.

A dismissal from an office or situation; a notice to quit. to get one's mittimus: to be dismissed; (also humorously) to be killed. Obsolete (Englis…

Deprivation of office, dignity, or position; discharge from service.

A discharge or release from office or duty; a sum of money awarded to a person on termination of office. Also in extended use.

The action of dismissing a person from a position or office; (also) the action of causing a person to resign, of overthrowing a political leader…

The action of cashiering; dismissal.

U.S. Resignation or dismissal from employment, a university, etc.; discharge from the armed forces.

= dismission, n., see for detail of senses.

slang. to give (a person) the sack: to dismiss from employment or office; transferred to discard, turn off (a lover). So to get the sack: to receive…

figurative. slang. Notice to quit, the ‘sack’.

Dismissal without ceremony.

U.S. Politics. Summary dismissal from office.

‘grand bounce’ or ‘go-by’ (see go-by, n.1 2), a dismissal or ejection.

slang. the shove: dismissal from employment.

The ‘sack’; dismissal. Australian slang.

= bobtail discharge n. at compounds. U.S.

Law. Discharge from contractual employment. Also elliptical = severance pay n. at compounds 2 below.

The action of sack, v.1, in various senses.

Dismissal from employment; an instance of this. Chiefly North American.