Carry out duties after dismissal (9)
I believe the answer is:
discharge
This might be a double definition.
'carry out duties' is the first definition.
'discharge' can be an answer for 'carry' (discharging is a kind of carrying). I am not certain of the 'out duties' bit.
'dismissal' is the second definition.
(I know that dismissal can be written as discharge)
'after' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for discharge that I've seen before include "Send away - perform" , "cashier" , "Fire (gun); sack (worker)" , "Let off - set free" , "let go" .)