dismiss

Meaning

1. To discharge; to end the employment or service of.
2. To order to leave.
3. To dispel; to rid one’s mind of.
4. To reject; to refuse to accept.
5. To invalidate; to treat as unworthy of serious consideration.
6. To send or put away, to discard with disregard, contempt or disdain. (sometimes followed by as).
7. To get a batsman out.
8. To give someone a red card; to send off.

Hyphenated as

dis‧miss

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪsˈmɪs/

Etymology

Middle English, from Latin dimissus (“sent away, dismissed, banished”), perfect passive participle of dīmittō (“send away, dismiss”), from dis- + mittere (“to send”).