Dismiss

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  • transitive verb. To end the employment or service of; discharge.
  • transitive verb. To direct or allow to leave.
  • transitive verb. undefined
  • transitive verb. To stop considering; rid one's mind of; dispel.
  • transitive verb. To refuse to accept or recognize; reject.
  • transitive verb. To adjudicate (a cause of action) as insufficient to proceed further in court because of some deficiency in law or fact.
  • transitive verb. undefined
  • transitive verb. To eject (a player or coach) for the remainder of a game.
  • transitive verb. To put out (a batter) in cricket.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Discharge; dismissal.
  • To send away; order or give permission to depart.
  • To discard; remove from office, service, or employment.
  • To put aside; put away; put out of mind: as, to dismiss the subject.
  • In law, to reject; put out of court: as, the complaint was dismissed for lack of proof; the appeal was dismissed for irregularity.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away.
  • transitive verb. To discard; to remove or discharge from office, service, or employment
  • transitive verb. To lay aside or reject as unworthy of attentions or regard, as a petition or motion in court.
  • noun. Dismission.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To discharge; to end the employment or service of.
  • verb. To order to leave.
  • verb. To dispel; to rid one's mind of.
  • verb. To reject; to refuse to accept
  • verb. To get a batsman out.
  • verb. To give someone a red card; to send off
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. bar from attention or consideration
  • verb. end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave
  • verb. cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration
  • verb. stop associating with
  • verb. terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
  • verb. declare void
  • Word Usage
    "A government motion to dismiss is still pending before the federal judge in Florida, but he has indicated that he, too, plans to deny it."
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    discharge  
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    alter  can  change  displace  fire  
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    Bliss  Chris  Cris  Dis  Fliss  
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    abandon  abjure  absolve  acquit  amnesty  
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