n. 25B6; noun
the threat of dismissal : ONE'S NOTICE, discharge; redundancy, laying off; informal the sack, sacking, firing, the push, the boot, the axe, the elbow, one's marching orders; Brit. informal one's cards, the chop; Military cashiering.
a condescending dismissal : REJECTION, repudiation, repulse, non-acceptance.
recruitment.