dismiss

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   rid of attention or consideration

   I dismissed their advances.

2. 2
   verb

   end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave

   I was dismissed after I gave my report

3. 3
   verb

   To discharge; to end the employment or service of.

   The company dismissed me after less than a year.

4. 4
   verb

   To order to leave.

   The soldiers were dismissed after the parade.

5. 5
   verb

   To dispel; to rid one’s mind of.

   He dismissed all thoughts of acting again.

6. 6
   verb

   To reject; to refuse to accept.

   The court dismissed the case.

7. 7
   verb

   To invalidate; to treat as unworthy of serious consideration.

   By telling the victim to "get over it", the listener dismissed the victim's feelings.

8. 8
   verb

   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.

Etymology

Middle English, from Latin dimissus (“sent away, dismissed, banished”), perfect passive participle of dīmittō (“send away, dismiss”), from dis- + mittere (“to send”).