congé

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"Oh, she gave me my congé next morning, but I didn't care, for I had decided to come back to the States as soon as that month's work was up."

From In the Van; or, The Builders by Price-Brown, John

Left to herself, she would make light of such a suitor, and give him his congé with a brusque promptitude.

From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne

Merely to say that they were an itinerant company of actors and actresses would be sufficient to ensure them a speedy congé from Blanford.

From His Lordship's Leopard A Truthful Narration of Some Impossible Facts by Wells, David Dwight

A man ought to be jolly grateful when he's spared the necessity of playing cover, but if you aren't satisfied with the position you can have your congé.

From Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Various

Direct nomination by the crown was substituted for the congé d'élire, and remained the practice till the reaction under Mary, when the indefinite system was resumed which had existed before the Reformation.

From History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II. by Froude, James Anthony