Thesaurus: dismiss

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1. v. t. To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away.
2. v. t. To discard; to remove or discharge from office, service, or employment; as, the king dismisses his ministers; the matter dismisses his servant.
3. v. t. To lay aside or reject as unworthy of attentions or regard, as a petition or motion in court.
4. n. Dismission.
5. v. bar from attention or consideration
6. v. cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration
7. v. stop associating with
8. v. terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
9. v. end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave
10. v. declare void
11. 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. Dismission. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.
12. Dismission. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.