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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | notice of dismissal |
| Synonyms: | ax, boot, gate, sack, termination notice, walking papers, walking ticket |
| Main Entry: | discharge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dismissal from responsibility |
| Synonyms: | ax, bounce, bum's rush, congé, demobilization, ejection, gate, old heave ho, pink slip, the boot, the door, walking papers |
| Antonyms: | assignment, delegation, employment, engagement, hiring |
| Main Entry: | dismissal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | release |
| Synonyms: | adjournment, banishment, bounce, brush-off, cold shoulder, congé, deportation, deposal, deposition, discharge, dislodgment, displacement, dispossession, dissolution, door*, end, eviction, exile, exorcism, expatriation, expulsion, freedom, freeing, housecleaning, kiss-off, layoff, liberation, marching orders, notice, old heave-ho, ostracism, ouster, permission, pink slip, relegation, removal, suspension |
| Antonyms: | acceptance, appointment, employment, hiring, maintainance, retention, welcome |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dismiss from responsibility |
| Synonyms: | ax, boot, can*, discharge, drop, eject, expel, give bum's rush, give marching orders, give one notice, give pink slip, give the sack, hand walking papers, kick out, lay off, let one go, oust, pink slip, sack, terminate |
| Antonyms: | hire |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | oust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | expel, get rid of |
| Synonyms: | banish, bereave, boot out, bounce*, bundle off, cast out, chase, depose, deprive, dethrone, discharge, disinherit, dislodge, displace, dispossess, divest, drive out, eject, evict, expulse, fire, force out, give the 1-2-3, kick out, lay off, let go, lose, ostracize, pack off, pink slip, relegate, remove, rob, sack, send packing, show the door, throw out, topple, transport, turn out, unseat |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep, retain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | marching orders |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | request to leave |
| Synonyms: | boot, bounce, chuck, drumming out, elbow, gate, heave-ho, orders to move on, pink slip, sack, walking papers |
| Main Entry: | walking papers |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dismissal notice |
| Synonyms: | discharge notice, dismissal, heave-ho, marching orders, pink slip, the boot, the sack, walking ticket |
| Main Entry: | dismiss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove from job, responsibility |
| Synonyms: | ax, boot out, boot, bounce*, bump*, can*, cashier, defrock, depone, depose, deselect, discharge, disemploy, disfrock, displace, disqualify, drop, fire, furlough, give notice to, give the ax, give the gate, give the heave-ho, give walking papers, give warning, impeach, kick out, lay off, let go, let out, oust, pension, pink-slip, put away, recall, retire, sack, send packing, shelve, shut out, suspend, terminate, turn away, unfrock, unseat, wash out |
| Antonyms: | appoint, employ, engage, hire, keep, secure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | suspend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delay, hold off |
| Synonyms: | adjourn, arrest, bar, break up, can, cease, check, count out, cut short, debar, defer, discontinue, eject, eliminate, exclude, file, halt, hang, hang fire, hang up, hold up, inactivate, intermit, interrupt, lay aside, lay off, lay on the table, lay over, omit, pigeonhole, pink-slip, postpone, procrastinate, prorogue, protract, put a stop to, put an end to, put off, put on back burner, put on hold, put on ice, put on the shelf, reject, retard, rule out, shelve, stave off, stay, waive, withhold |
| Antonyms: | complete, continue, finish, go, persist, sustain |
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