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Meaning of dismiss

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  dismiss
      v 1: bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his
           advances" [syn: {dismiss}, {disregard}, {brush aside},
           {brush off}, {discount}, {push aside}, {ignore}]
      2: cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration; "This
         case is dismissed!" [syn: {dismiss}, {throw out}]
      3: stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a
         child out of wedlock" [syn: {dismiss}, {send packing}, {send
         away}, {drop}]
      4: terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or
         position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company
         terminated 25% of its workers" [syn: {displace}, {fire},
         {give notice}, {can}, {dismiss}, {give the axe}, {send away},
         {sack}, {force out}, {give the sack}, {terminate}] [ant:
         {employ}, {engage}, {hire}]
      5: end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting
         the person to leave; "I was dismissed after I gave my report"
         [syn: {dismiss}, {usher out}]
      6: declare void; "The President dissolved the parliament and
         called for new elections" [syn: {dissolve}, {dismiss}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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