dismiss

dis·miss  (ds-ms)

tr.v. dis·missed, dis·miss·ing, dis·miss·es

1. To end the employment or service of; discharge.

2. To direct or allow to leave: dismissed troops after the inspection; dismissed the student after reprimanding him.

3.

a. To stop considering; rid one's mind of; dispel: dismissed all thoughts of running for office.

b. To refuse to accept or recognize; reject: dismissed the claim as highly improbable.

4. Law To put (a claim or action) out of court without further hearing.

5. Sports

a. To eject (a player or coach) for the remainder of a game.

b. To put out (a batter) in cricket.

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[Middle English dismissen, from Medieval Latin dismittere, dismiss-, variant of Latin dmittere : d-, dis-, apart; see dis- + mittere, to send.]

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dis·missi·ble adj.

dis·mission (-mshn) n.

Synonyms: dismiss, boot¹, bounce, can², cashier², discharge, drop, fire, sack¹
These verbs mean to terminate the employment of: was dismissed for insubordination; was booted for being late; afraid of being bounced for union activities; wasn't canned because his uncle owns the business; will be cashiered from the army; resort workers discharged at the end of the season; was dropped for incompetence; was fired unjustly; a reporter sacked for revealing a confidential source. See Also Synonyms at eject.

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dismiss

Verb

1. to remove (an employee) from a job

2. to allow (someone) to leave

3. to put out of one's mind; no longer think about

4. (of a judge) to state that (a case) will not be brought to trial

5. Cricket to bowl out (a side) for a particular number of runs [Latin dis- from + mittere to send]

dismissal n
dismissive adj

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	dismiss - bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances" brush aside, brush off, discount, disregard, ignore, push aside cold-shoulder, slight - pay no attention to, disrespect; "She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance" reject - refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper" discredit - cause to be distrusted or disbelieved; "The paper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary" shrug off - minimize the importance of, brush aside; "Jane shrugged off the news that her stock had fallen 3 points" pass off - disregard; "She passed off the insult" flout, scoff - treat with contemptuous disregard; "flout the rules" turn a blind eye - refuse to acknowledge; "He turns a blind eye to the injustices in his office" laugh away, laugh off - deal with a problem by laughing or pretending to be amused by it; "She laughs away all these problems" disoblige - ignore someone's wishes
	2.	dismiss - cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration; "This case is dismissed!" throw out
	3.	dismiss - stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock" send away, send packing, drop give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, can, force out, displace, fire, dismiss, terminate - terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" drop - terminate an association with; "drop him from the Republican ticket"
	4.	dismiss - terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, can, force out, displace, fire, terminate retire - make (someone) retire; "The director was retired after the scandal" pension off - let go from employment with an attractive pension; "The director was pensioned off when he got senile" clean out - force out; "The new boss cleaned out the lazy workers" furlough, lay off - dismiss, usually for economic reasons; "She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized" squeeze out - force out; "Some employees were squeezed out by the recent budget cuts" remove - remove from a position or an office send away, send packing, dismiss, drop - stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock"
	5.	dismiss - end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave; "I was dismissed after I gave my report" usher out say farewell - say good-bye or bid farewell
	6.	dismiss - declare void; "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections" dissolve alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" dissolve, break up - bring the association of to an end or cause to break up; "The decree officially dissolved the marriage"; "the judge dissolved the tobacco company"

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dismiss

verb 1. reject, disregard, spurn, repudiate, pooh-pooh

verb 2. banish, drop, dispel, shelve, discard, set aside, eradicate, cast out, lay aside, put out of your mind

verb 3. sack, fire (informal) remove (informal) axe (informal) discharge, oust, lay off, kick out (informal) cashier, send packing (informal) give notice to, kiss off (slang), chiefly U.S., Canad. give (someone) their marching orders, give (someone) the push (informal) give (someone) the elbow, give the boot to (slang) give the bullet to Brit. (slang) kennet Austral. (slang) jeff Austral. (slang)

verb 4. let go, free, release, discharge, dissolve, liberate, disperse, disband, send away

Translations

dismiss [dɪsˈmɪs] vt [+ worker] → despedir [+ official]; destituir [+ idea], (LAW) → rechazar [+ possibility]; descartar

vi (MIL) → romper filas

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dismiss [dɪsˈmɪs] vt → congédier, renvoyer [+ idea]; écarter;

(Law) → rejeter

vi (Mil) → rompre les rangs

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dismiss [dɪsˈmɪs] vt → entlassen;

(case) → abweisen;

(possibility, idea) → abtun

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dismiss [dɪsˈmɪs] vt → congedare [+ employee]; licenziare [+ idea]; scacciare;

(LAW) → respingere

vi (MIL) → rompere i ranghi