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Entlassung — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • defenestration noun The act of throwing someone or something out of a window.
  • deposition noun The formal removal of someone from a position of power or office.
  • discharge verb To officially release someone from a hospital, job, the armed forces, or legal custody.
  • dismissal noun The act of firing someone from their job.
  • firing noun The act of shooting a weapon.
  • removal noun The act of taking something away or getting rid of it.

Senses

Entlassung is used for these senses in English:

  • defenestration (Britain) The high-profile removal of a person from an organization.
  • deposition The removal of someone from office.
  • dismissal Deprivation of office; the fact or process of being fired from employment or stripped of rank.
  • firing The dismissal of someone from a job due to poor work performance.
  • removal (Ireland) An evening funeral ritual in which the coffin holding the deceased is brought, usually from a funeral home, to the church where the funeral mass will be celebrated the following day. Prayers are said before and after the journey, after which mourners are typically received at the home of the deceased.

defenestration — full definition

  1. noun The act of throwing someone or something out of a window.
  2. noun In British use, the high-profile removal of a person from a position in an organisation.

deposition — full definition

  1. noun The formal removal of someone from a position of power or office.
  2. noun A formal, sworn statement of testimony given outside a courtroom, usually during legal proceedings.
  3. noun The natural process by which material such as sediment, snow, or frost settles or builds up somewhere.
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