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Dismiss
| Dismiss Definition And Meaning |
What's The Definition Of Dismiss?
[v] bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances"
[v] cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration; "This case is dismissed!"
[v] end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave
[v] terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
[v] stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Dismiss: brush aside |
brush off |
can |
discount |
disregard |
fire |
force out |
give notice |
give the axe |
ignore |
push aside |
sack |
send away |
terminate |
throw out |
usher out
Related Terms | Find terms related to Dismiss: abandon |
abjure |
absolve |
acquit |
amnesty |
answer |
answer conclusively |
argue down |
ax |
banish |
beat back |
belittle |
boot |
boot out |
bounce |
bow out |
break |
break up |
brush aside |
brush off |
bump |
bundle |
bundle off |
bust |
can |
cashier |
cast |
cast loose |
chase |
chase away |
chase off |
chuck |
chuck out |
clear |
confound |
confute |
contemn |
contradict |
controvert |
crush |
cut |
cut dead |
deactivate |
debrief |
decline |
deconsecrate |
decontaminate |
defeat |
defrock |
degrade |
demob |
demobilize |
demolish |
demote |
deny |
deplume |
depose |
deprive |
deride |
deselect |
despise |
destigmatize |
detach |
dethrone |
diminish |
disapprove |
disband |
disbar |
discard |
discharge |
disclaim |
discount |
discrown |
disdain |
disemploy |
disenthrone |
disintegrate |
disorganize |
disown |
dispense from |
disperse |
displace |
displume |
dispose of |
disregard |
dissolve |
drive away |
drive back |
drop |
drop the subject |
drum out |
eject |
evict |
except |
exclude |
excommunicate |
exculpate |
excuse |
exempt |
exempt from |
exonerate |
expel |
extrude |
fend off |
finish |
fire |
floor |
flout |
forget |
forget about it |
forget it |
forgive |
forswear |
free |
furlough |
gibe |
gird |
give absolution |
give the air |
give the ax |
give the gate |
give the go-by |
go bail for |
go separate ways |
grant amnesty to |
grant bail to |
grant immunity |
grant remission |
have done with |
hold off |
hustle out |
ignore |
jeer |
justify |
keep off |
kick |
kick out |
kick upstairs |
lay aside |
lay off |
let go |
let go free |
let it go |
let loose |
let off |
let out |
let slip |
liquidate |
look right through |
make little of |
make redundant |
mock |
muster out |
neglect |
nonplus |
nonpros |
oust |
out |
overlook |
overthrow |
overturn |
overwhelm |
pack off |
pardon |
parole |
parry |
part |
part company |
pass by |
pass up |
pension |
pension off |
pooh-pooh |
purge |
push aside |
push back |
put aside |
put away |
put back |
put on parole |
put to silence |
quash the charge |
rally |
read out of |
rebuff |
rebut |
recant |
reduce to silence |
refuse |
refuse to acknowledge |
refuse to consider |
refuse to recognize |
refute |
reject |
release |
remit |
remove |
remove from office |
renounce |
repel |
replace |
reprobate |
repudiate |
repulse |
retire |
ridicule |
riff |
sack |
scatter |
scoff |
scorn |
scout |
send away |
send off |
send packing |
separate |
separate forcibly |
set aside |
set free |
settle |
shed |
shove away |
show the door |
show the gate |
shrive |
shrug off |
shut up |
silence |
slight |
slough |
smash all opposition |
sneeze at |
snub |
split up |
spurn |
squash |
squelch |
strip |
strip of office |
strip of rank |
subvert |
superannuate |
surplus |
suspend |
taunt |
terminate |
think nothing of |
throw away |
throw out |
thrust aside |
thrust back |
toss out |
turn away |
turn away from |
turn back |
turn down |
turn off |
turn out |
twit |
unchurch |
undermine |
unfrock |
unhand |
unmarry |
unsaddle |
unseat |
unthrone |
upset |
vindicate |
waive |
ward off |
whitewash |
withdraw the charge |
write off
See Also | clean out |
cold-shoulder |
discredit |
dismiss |
disoblige |
drop |
flout |
furlough |
laugh away |
laugh off |
lay off |
pass off |
pension off |
reject |
remove |
retire |
say farewell |
scoff |
send packing |
slight |
squeeze out |
turn a blind eye
Dismiss In Webster's Dictionary
\Dis*miss"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dismissed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Dismissing}.] [L. dis- + missus, p. p. of mittere to
send: cf. dimittere, OF. desmetre, F. d['e]mettre. See
{Demise}, and cf. {Dimit}.]
1. To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or
permit to go; to put away.
He dismissed the assembly. --Acts xix.
41.
Dismiss their cares when they dismiss their flock.
--Cowper.
Though he soon dismissed himself from state affairs.
--Dryden.
2. To discard; to remove or discharge from office, service,
or employment; as, the king dismisses his ministers; the
matter dismisses his servant.
3. To lay aside or reject as unworthy of attentions or
regard, as a petition or motion in court.
\Dis*miss"\, n.
Dismission. [Obs.] --Sir T. Herbert.
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