Bankruptcy is to the employer what dismissal is to the employee.
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Dismissal
Synonyms for "dismissal" (194 found)
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Closest matches (39)
Strong matches (58)
deprivationdespisaldespisingdestigmatizationdestigmatizingdetachmentdethronementdiasporadisallowancedisapprovaldisbandmentdisbarmentdisbarringdiscarddischargedisclamationdiscountingdiscrownmentdisculpationdisemployment
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disenthronementdisintegrationdisorganizationdisownmentdispersaldispersiondisplacementdisplacingdisregarddissolutiondrumming outejectionendexceptionexclusionexcommunicationexculpationexcuseexonerationexpulsionfiringforced resignationforced separationforgivenessfurloughinggategloriagospelignoringimpeachmentintroitjudgment of dismissal
Related words (97)
kicking upstairskyrie eleisonlayoffliquidationloosingmassnonacceptancenonapprovalnonconsiderationnoticeoustingoverthrowoverthrowalpardonparolepartingpassing bypaternosterpensioning offpink slip
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purgationpurgepurgingpushputting awayputting outquietusquittancerebuffrecantationrefusalrejectionreleaseremissionremovalrenouncementrepudiationrepulseretirementsacksackingsanctusscornscoutingseparationsnubsplit upsplit-upspurningsuperannuationsurplusingsuspensionthe axthe bootthe bouncethe gatethe sackthrowing outticketturning outunbindingunboltingunbridlingunbucklinguncagingunchainingunchurchingunfetteringunfrockingungaggingunhandingunharnessingunhobblingunlashingunlatchingunleashingunlockingunloosingunmanaclingunmuzzlingunpenningunseatingunshacklingunstrappinguntetheringuntrussinguntyingunyokingverdict of acquittalvindicationwalking papers
Noun(6 words)
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1 entriesderived
8 entriesderived from
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2 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
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21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
Translations
83 translations across 40 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- إِقَالَة noun (deprivation of office)
Belarusian
1 entries- звальне́нне noun (deprivation of office)
Bulgarian
3 entries- отпращане noun (act of sending someone away)
- отхвъ́рляне noun (rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim)
- уволне́ние noun (deprivation of office)
Catalan
2 entries- destitució noun (deprivation of office)
- llicenciament noun (deprivation of office)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 解僱 /解雇 noun (deprivation of office)
Czech
1 entries- propuštění noun (deprivation of office)
Danish
4 entries- afskedigelse noun (deprivation of office)
- afvisning noun (rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim)
- bortsendelse noun (act of sending someone away)
- fyring noun (deprivation of office)
Dutch
1 entries- ontslag noun (deprivation of office)
Estonian
1 entries- vallandamine noun (deprivation of office)
French
3 entries- licenciement noun (deprivation of office)
- limogeage noun (deprivation of office)
- non-lieu noun (rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim)
German
4 entries- Abberufung noun (deprivation of office)
- Abweisen noun (act of sending someone away)
- Abweisung noun (act of sending someone away)
- Abweisung noun (rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim)
Greek
1 entries- απόλυση noun (deprivation of office)
Hindi
3 entries- निष्कासन noun (act of sending someone away)
- पदच्युति noun (deprivation of office)
- सेवामुक्ति noun (deprivation of office)
Hungarian
2 entries- elbocsátás noun (act of sending someone away)
- elutasítás noun (rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim)
Icelandic
1 entries- frávísun noun (rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim)
Indonesian
2 entries- pemecatan noun (deprivation of office)
- pengusiran noun (act of sending someone away)
Italian
1 entries- licenziamento noun (deprivation of office)
Japanese
1 entries- 解雇 noun (deprivation of office)
Korean
2 entries- 파직 noun (deprivation of office)
- 해고 noun (deprivation of office)
Latin
1 entries- dīmissiō noun (act of sending someone away)
Latvian
1 entries- atlaišana noun (deprivation of office)
Lithuanian
1 entries- atleidimas noun (deprivation of office)
Macedonian
2 entries- отпуст noun (deprivation of office)
- отпуштање noun (deprivation of office)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- oppsigelse noun (deprivation of office)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- اذن noun (act of sending someone away)
Persian
1 entries- برکناری noun (deprivation of office)
Polish
2 entries- dymisja noun (deprivation of office)
- zwolnienie noun (deprivation of office)
Portuguese
4 entries- arquivamento noun (rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim)
- arquivação noun (rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim)
- demissão noun (deprivation of office)
- dispensa noun (act of sending someone away)
Romanian
4 entries- concediere noun (deprivation of office)
- demitere noun (deprivation of office)
- respingere noun (rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim)
- revocare noun (rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim)
Russian
4 entries- отклоне́ние noun (rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim)
- отста́вка noun (deprivation of office)
- ро́спуск noun (act of sending someone away)
- сокраще́ние noun (deprivation of office)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- otpuštanje noun (deprivation of office)
- отпуштање noun (deprivation of office)
Slovak
1 entries- prepustenie noun (deprivation of office)
Slovene
2 entries- odpust noun (deprivation of office)
- odpustitev noun (deprivation of office)
Spanish
4 entries- cese noun (act of sending someone away)
- conclusión noun (act of sending someone away)
- desestimación noun (rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim)
- desistimiento noun (rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim)
Swedish
1 entries- uppsägning noun (deprivation of office)
Tagalog
1 entries- pawalansaysay noun (rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim)
Tamil
1 entries- பணிநீக்கம் noun (deprivation of office)
Ukrainian
2 entries- зві́льнення noun (deprivation of office)
- звільня́ння noun (deprivation of office)
Urdu
1 entries- بَرْخاسْتَگی noun (deprivation of office)
Vietnamese
2 entries- sự giải tán noun (act of sending someone away)
- sự giải tán noun (deprivation of office)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
The manager threatened him with dismissal.
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The dismissal of foreign minister Tanaka is symbolic of the continuing political turmoil.
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Tom asked for dismissal.
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