Noun

(en noun)

The act of sending someone away.

(senseid)Deprivation of office; the fact or process of being fired from employment or stripped of rank.

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A written or spoken statement of such an act.

Release from confinement; liberation.

Removal from consideration; putting something out of one's mind, mentally disregarding something or someone.

(legal) The rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim or charge made therein.

(cricket) The event of a batsman getting out; a wicket.

Noun

(uncountable) The act of paying.

(countable) A sum of money paid in exchange for goods or services.

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, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=“[…] This is Mr. Churchill, who, as you are aware, is good enough to come to us for his diaconate, and, as we hope, for much longer; and being a gentleman of independent means, he declines to take any payment .” Saying this Walden rubbed his hands together and smiled contentedly.}}