transitive verb
- to send away; cause or allow to leave
- to remove or discharge from a duty, office, position, or employment
- to put out of one's mind: to dismiss one's fears
- to remove from consideration or reject as lacking in importance or value: to dismiss our suggestions as irrelevant
- Law to discontinue or reject (a claim or action)
Origin:
ME dismissen < ML dismissus, pp. of dismittere, for L dimittere, to send away < dis-, from + mittere, to send: see mission