dismiss

verb

(transitive) To discharge; to end the employment or service of.

(transitive) To order to leave.

(transitive) To reject; to refuse to accept.

(transitive) To invalidate; to treat as unworthy of serious consideration.

(transitive) To send or put away, to discard with disregard, contempt or disdain. (sometimes followed by as).

(transitive) To dispel; to rid one’s mind of.

(transitive, cricket) To get a batsman out.

(transitive, sports, soccer) To give someone a red card; to send off.

Roots

disdis- · Latin · apart, not mitto-miss · Latin · send

Synonyms for dismiss

ignorev disregardn terminatev rejectv dissolvev denyv displacev repudiatev disclaimv oustv waivev refutev deposev spurnv demotev expelv rebutv

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Where does dismiss come from?

The word dismiss breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: dis-, from Latin dis (“apart, not”); and -miss, from Latin mitto (“send”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.