dismiss

Verb

Verb Forms: dismissed, dismissing, dismisses

• To order or allow to leave; to send away.
• bar from attention or consideration
  • "She dismissed his advances"
• cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration
  • "This case is dismissed!"
• stop associating with
• terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
• end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave
  • "I was dismissed after I gave my report"
• declare void
• To discharge; to end the employment or service of.
• To order to leave.
• To dispel; to rid one’s mind of.
• To reject; to refuse to accept.
• To invalidate; to treat as unworthy of serious consideration.
• To send or put away, to discard with disregard, contempt or disdain. (sometimes followed by as).
• To get a batsman out.
• To give someone a red card; to send off.

Examples

• By telling the victim to "get over it", the listener dismissed the victim's feelings.
• He dismissed all thoughts of acting again.
• He was dismissed for 99 runs.
• She dismissed him with a wave of the hand.
• The company dismissed me after less than a year.
• The court dismissed the case.
• The referee had to dismiss the arguing players from the tournament.
• The soldiers were dismissed after the parade.

Synonyms

brush aside, brush off, can, discount, displace, disregard, dissolve, drop, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, ignore, push aside, sack, send away, send packing, terminate, throw out, usher out, lay off

Antonyms

hire

Related Words

dismissal, dismission, dismissive