Dismissal vs. Rejection — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Dismissal and Rejection
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Dismissal
The act of dismissing
He was disappointed by the committee's dismissal of his request.
Rejection
To refuse to accept, submit to, believe, or make use of
He rejected their version of what happened. The store rejected the merchandise because it was damaged.
Dismissal
The condition of being dismissed
She protested her dismissal from the job.
Rejection
The act of rejecting.
Dismissal
An order or notice of discharge, as from a position
The ambassador's dismissal was sent by telegram.
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Rejection
The state of being rejected.
Dismissal
The act of sending someone away.
Rejection
(sports) A blocked shot.
Dismissal
Deprivation of office; the fact or process of being fired from employment or stripped of rank.
Rejection
(medicine) An immune reaction of a host organism to a foreign biological tissue, such as in an organ transplant.
Dismissal
A written or spoken statement of such an act.
Rejection
Act of rejecting, or state of being rejected.
Dismissal
Release from confinement; liberation.
Rejection
The act of rejecting something;
His proposals were met with rejection
Dismissal
Removal from consideration; putting something out of one's mind, mentally disregarding something or someone.
Rejection
The state of being rejected
Dismissal
(legal) The rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim or charge made therein.
Rejection
(medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign;
Rejection of the transplanted liver
Dismissal
(cricket) The event of a batsman getting out; a wicket.
Rejection
The speech act of rejecting
Dismissal
(Christianity) The final blessing said by a priest or minister at the end of a religious service.
Dismissal
Dismission; discharge.
Officeholders were commanded faithfully to enforce it, upon pain of immediate dismissal.
Dismissal
A judgment disposing of the matter without a trial
Dismissal
Official notice that you have been fired from your job
Dismissal
Permission to go; the sending away of someone
Dismissal
The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
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