dismiss
/dɪzˈmɪs/ verb
Forms dismisses dismissing dismissed
- verb (transitive) To discharge; to end the employment or service of. “The company dismissed me after less than a year.”
- verb (transitive) To order to leave. “The soldiers were dismissed after the parade.”
- verb (transitive) To dispel; to rid one’s mind of. “He dismissed all thoughts of acting again.”
- verb (transitive) To reject; to refuse to accept. “The court dismissed the case.”
- verb (transitive) To invalidate; to treat as unworthy of serious consideration. “By telling the victim to "get over it", the listener dismissed the victim's feelings.”
- verb (transitive) To send or put away, to discard with disregard, contempt or disdain. (sometimes followed by as). “She dismissed him with a wave of the hand.”
- verb (transitive, cricket) To get a batsman out. “He was dismissed for 99 runs.”
- verb (transitive, sports, soccer) To give someone a red card; to send off.
Synonyms
lay off disregard brush aside brush off discount push aside ignore throw out send packing send away drop displace fire give notice can give the axe sack force out give the sack terminate usher out dissolve
Etymology
Middle English, from Latin dimissus (“sent away, dismissed, banished”), perfect passive participle of dīmittō (“send away, dismiss”), from dis- + mittere (“to send”).
Webster’s 1913
- verb To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away.
- verb To discard; to remove or discharge from office, service, or employment; as, the king dismisses his ministers; the matter dismisses his servant.
- noun Dismission. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.
Etymology [L. dis- + missus, p. p. of mittere to send: cf. dimittere, OF. desmetre, F. démettre. See Demise, and cf. Dimit.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “dismiss”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details