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dismiss
verb
1 dismiss
2 dismiss
Cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration:
— This case is dismissed!.
synonym: throw out.
3 dismiss
Stop associating with.
synonyms: drop, send away, send packing.
Roget 750:
liberate,
free;
set free,
set clear,
set at liberty;
render free,
emancipate,
release;
enfranchise,
affranchise†;
manumit;
enlarge;
disband,
discharge,
disenthrall,
disenthral,
dismiss;
let go,
let loose,
loose,
let out,
let slip;
cast adrift,
turn adrift;
deliver
etc.
672;
absolve
etc.
(acquit)
970.
unfetter
etc.
751,
untie
etc.
43;
loose
etc.
(disjoin)
44;
loosen,
relax;
unbolt,
unbar,
unclose,
uncork,
unclog,
unhand,
unbind,
unchain,
unharness,
unleash;
disengage,
disentangle;
clear,
extricate,
unloose.
gain one's liberty,
obtain one's liberty,
acquire one's liberty
etc.
748;
get rid of,
get clear of;
deliver oneself from;
shake off the yoke,
slip the collar;
break loose,
break prison;
tear asunder one's bonds,
cast off trammels;
escape
etc.
671.
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Roget 972:
punish;
chastise,
chasten;
castigate,
correct,
inflict punishment,
administer correction,
deal retributive justice;
cowhide,
lambaste [Slang].
visit upon,
pay;
pay out,
serve out;
do for;
make short work of,
give a lesson to,
serve one right,
make an example of;
have a rod in pickle for;
give it one.
strike
etc.
276;
deal a blow to,
administer the lash,
smite;
slap,
slap the face;
smack,
cuff,
box the ears,
spank,
thwack,
thump,
beat,
lay on,
swinge†,
buffet;
thresh,
thrash,
pummel,
drub,
leather,
trounce,
sandbag,
baste,
belabor;
lace,
lace one's jacket;
dress,
dress down,
give a dressing,
trim,
warm,
wipe,
tund†,
cob,
bang,
strap,
comb,
lash,
lick,
larrup,
wallop,
whop,
flog,
scourge,
whip,
birch,
cane,
give the stick,
switch,
flagellate,
horsewhip,
bastinado,
towel,
rub down with an oaken towel,
rib roast,
dust one's jacket,
fustigate†,
pitch into,
lay about one,
beat black and blue;
beat to a mummy,
beat to a jelly;
give a black eye.
tar and feather;
pelt,
stone,
lapidate†;
masthead,
keelhaul.
execute;
bring to the block,
bring to the gallows;
behead,
decapitate,
guillotine;
decollate;
hang,
turn off,
gibbet,
bowstring,
hang draw and quarter;
shoot;
decimate;
burn;
break on the wheel,
crucify;
empale†,
impale;
flay;
lynch;
electrocute;
gas,
send to the gas chamber.
torture;
put on,
put to the rack;
picket.
banish,
exile,
transport,
expel,
ostracize;
rusticate;
drum out;
dismiss,
disbar,
disbench†;
strike off the roll,
unfrock;
post.
suffer,
suffer for,
suffer punishment;
be flogged.
be executed,
suffer the ultimate penalty;
be hanged
&c.;
come to the gallows,
mount the gallows,
swing [Coll.],
twist in the wind,
dance upon nothing,
die in one's shoes;
be rightly served;
be electrocuted,
fry [Coll.],
ride the lightning [Coll.];
face the firing squad.
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Roget 782:
relinquish,
give up,
surrender,
yield,
cede;
let go,
let slip;
spare,
drop,
resign,
forego,
renounce,
abandon,
expropriate†,
give away,
dispose of,
part with;
lay aside,
lay apart,
lay down,
lay on the shelf
etc.
(disuse)
678;
set aside,
put aside,
put away;
make away with,
cast behind;
maroon.
give notice to quit,
give warning;
supersede;
be rid of,
get rid of,
be quit of,
get quit of;
eject
etc.
297.
rid oneself of,
disburden oneself of,
divest oneself of,
dispossess oneself of;
wash one's hands of.
discard,
cast off,
dismiss;
cast away,
throw away,
pitch away,
fling away,
cast aside,
cast overboard,
cast to the dogs,
throw aside,
throw overboard,
throw to the dogs,
pitch aside,
pitch overboard,
pitch to the dogs,
fling aside,
fling overboard,
fling to the dogs;
cast to the winds,
throw to the winds,
sweep to the winds;
put away,
turn away,
sweep away;
jettison;
reject.
quit one's hold,
quitclaim.
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Roget 678:
not use;
do without,
dispense with,
let alone,
not touch,
forbear,
abstain,
spare,
waive,
neglect;
keep back,
reserve.
lay up,
lay by,
lay on the shelf,
keep on the shelf,
lay up in ordinary;
lay up in a napkin;
shelve;
set aside,
put aside,
lay aside;
disuse,
leave off,
have done with;
supersede;
discard
etc.
(eject)
297;
dismiss,
give warning.
throw aside
etc.
(relinquish)
782;
make away with
etc.
(destroy)
162;
cast overboard,
heave overboard,
throw overboard;
cast to the dogs,
cast to the winds;
dismantle
etc.
(Render useless)
645.
lie unemployed,
remain unemployed
etc.
adj.
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Roget 539:
learn;
acquire knowledge,
gain knowledge,
receive knowledge,
take in knowledge,
drink in knowledge,
imbibe knowledge,
pick up knowledge,
gather knowledge,
get knowledge,
obtain knowledge,
collect knowledge,
glean knowledge,
glean information,
glean learning.
acquaint oneself with,
master;
make oneself master of,
make oneself acquainted with;
grind,
cram;
get up,
coach up;
learn by heart,
learn by rote.
read,
spell,
peruse;
con over,
pore over,
thumb over;
wade through;
dip into;
run the eye over,
run the eye through;
turn over the leaves.
study;
be studious
etc.
adj..
[study intensely]
burn the midnight oil,
consume the midnight oil,
mind one's book;
cram.
go to school,
go to college,
go to the university;
matriculate;
serve an apprenticeship,
serve one's apprenticeship,
serve one's time;
learn one's trade;
be informed
etc.
527;
be taught
etc.
537.
[stop going to school voluntarily (intransitive)]
drop out,
leave school,
quit school;
graduate;
transfer;
take a leave.
[cause to stop going to school (transitive)]
dismiss,
expel,
kick out of school.
[stop going to school involuntarily]
flunk out;
be dismissed
etc.
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Roget 764:
refuse,
reject,
deny,
decline,
turn down;
nill,
negative;
refuse one's assent,
withhold one's assent;
shake the head;
close the hand,
close the purse;
grudge,
begrudge,
be slow to,
hang fire;
pass
(at cards).
be deaf to;
dismiss,
turn a deaf ear to,
turn one's back upon;
set one's face against,
discountenance,
not hear of,
have nothing to do with,
wash one's hands of,
stand aloof,
forswear,
set aside,
cast behind one;
not yield an inch
etc.
(obstinacy)
606.
resist,
cross;
not grant
etc.
762;
repel,
repulse,
shut the door in one's face,
slam the door in one's face;
rebuff;
send back,
send to the right about,
send away with a flea in the ear;
deny oneself,
not be at home to;
discard,
spurn,
etc.
(repudiate)
610;
rescind
etc.
(revoke)
756;
disclaim,
protest;
dissent
etc.
489.
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4 dismiss
Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position.
synonyms: can, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate.
Roget 756:
abrogate,
annul,
cancel;
destroy
etc.
162;
abolish;
revoke,
repeal,
rescind,
reverse,
retract,
recall;
abolitionize†;
overrule,
override;
set aside;
disannul,
dissolve,
quash,
nullify,
declare null and void;
disestablish,
disendow†;
deconsecrate.
disclaim
etc.
(deny)
536;
ignore,
repudiate;
recant
etc.
607;
divest oneself,
break off.
countermand,
counter order;
do away with;
sweep away,
brush away;
throw overboard,
throw to the dogs;
scatter to the winds,
cast behind.
dismiss,
discard;
cast off,
turn off,
cast out,
cast adrift,
cast out of doors,
cast aside,
cast away;
send off,
send away,
send packing,
send about one's business;
discharge,
get rid of
etc.
(eject)
297;
bounce [U.S.];
fire [Slang],
fire out [Slang];
sack [Slang].
cashier;
break;
oust;
unseat,
unsaddle;
unthrone†,
dethrone,
disenthrone†;
depose,
uncrown†;
unfrock,
strike off the roll;
disbar,
disbench†.
be abrogated
&c.;
receive its quietus;
walk the plank.
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Dutch: ontslaan, wippen
5 dismiss
End one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave:
— I was dismissed after I gave my report.
synonym: usher out.
6 dismiss
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