dismiss

1. v. t. To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

3. v. t. To lay aside or reject as unworthy of attentions or regard, as a petition or motion in court. Source: opted

4. n. Dismission. Source: opted

5. v. bar from attention or consideration Source: wordnet

6. v. cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration Source: wordnet

7. v. stop associating with Source: wordnet

8. v. terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position Source: wordnet

9. v. end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave Source: wordnet

10. v. declare void Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

12. Dismission. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert. Source: adambom

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