dis ‧ miss ‧ al /dɪsˈmɪs ə l/ BrE AmE noun
1 . [uncountable and countable] when someone is removed from their job:
Wilson was claiming compensation for unfair dismissal.
No dismissals have been announced yet.
2 . [uncountable] when someone decides or says that something is not important, serious, or true:
Gill’s dismissal of the book as ‘386 pages of rubbish’
3 . [uncountable and countable] a decision by a judge to stop a court case