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[dis-mis]

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verb (used with object)

to direct (an assembly of persons) to disperse or go: I dismissed the class early.

to bid or allow (a person) to go; give permission or a request to depart.

to discharge or remove, as from office or service: to dismiss an employee.

to discard or reject: to dismiss a suitor.

to put off or away, especially from consideration; put aside; reject: She dismissed the story as mere rumor.

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to have done with (a subject) after summary treatment: After a perfunctory discussion, he dismissed the idea.

Law. to put out of court, as a complaint or appeal.

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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Medieval Latin dismissus (for Latin dīmissus, past participle of dīmittere to send away), equivalent to Latin dis- dis-¹ + mitt(ere) to send + -tus past participle suffix

Related forms

dis·miss·i·ble, adjective

pre·dis·miss, verb (used with object)

re·dis·miss, verb (used with object)

un·dis·missed, adjective

Synonyms
2. See release. 3. fire.

Antonyms
2. recall. 3. hire. 4. accept.

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dismissed
adjective
having lost your job [syn: discharged]

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"I can think of many amusing parallels. For example, "the Borough of ... announces: Miss Jones, the splendid principal of our grammar school, has been offered the position of cook and housekeeper by the family next door, and so we feel obliged to dismiss her and make room for one of the young girls just graduated from training college. Miss Jones may not care to be a cook but since she has that privilege we don't think it right for her to continue to teach, valuable as her services are to the community." Or, "the Educational Committee of ... Borough has adopted a rule to employ no more men teachers who have vegetable gardens, and to notify those men now in its employ who possess vegetable gardens or are contemplating acquiring one that they will be dismissed. We are actuated by the following reasons: (1) The place of a man with a vegetable garden is at home working in his garden. (2) We feel, as a general rule, that a man with a vegetable garden will, to some extent, suffer in his efficiency as a teacher. We have no evidence of this; in fact the vegetable gardeners whom we are about to dismiss are among our best teachers, but nevertheless, we feel that as a general policy our rule is sound from an educational standpoint. (3) A man with a garden will not starve. Therefore, it is unfair to continue paying him a salary as a teacher while men who have no vegetable gardens are waiting for posts [ellipses in original]."

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