Definition of Dismiss

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Dismiss

To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away.

To discard; to remove or discharge from office, service, or employment; as, the king dismisses his ministers; the matter dismisses his servant.

To lay aside or reject as unworthy of attentions or regard, as a petition or motion in court.

Dismission.

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Dismiss Quotations

Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul.
Walt Whitman

Do not say, 'It is morning,' and dismiss it with a name of yesterday. See it for the first time as a newborn child that has no name.
Rabindranath Tagore

I think all women go through periods where we hate this about ourselves, we don't like that. It's great to get to a place where you dismiss anything you're worried about. I find flaws attractive. I find scars attractive.
Angelina Jolie

Mediocre minds usually dismiss anything which reaches beyond their own understanding.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

If people have split views about your work, I think it's flattering. I'd rather have them feel something about it than dismiss it.
Stephen Sondheim

Now, then, in order to understand white supremacy we must dismiss the fallacious notion that white people can give anybody their freedom.
Stokely Carmichael

There's always someone asking you to underline one piece of yourself - whether it's Black, woman, mother, dyke, teacher, etc. - because that's the piece that they need to key in to. They want to dismiss everything else.
Audre Lorde

I don't think it works to just be mad at them - Maxine Waters out ranting and kicking down the doors. It would be so easy to dismiss you and marginalize you.
Maxine Waters

Not to dismiss Gershwin, but Gershwin is the chip; Ellington was the block.
Joni Mitchell

Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
William Cowper

Dismiss Translations

dismiss in Afrikaans is wegstuur, ontslaan
dismiss in Danish is afskedige
dismiss in Dutch is ontzetten, royeren, ontslaan
dismiss in German is entlassen
dismiss in Italian is licenziato, licenziare, esonerare
dismiss in Latin is licentio, dimitto
dismiss in Norwegian is sende bort, avskjedige
dismiss in Portuguese is demita
dismiss in Spanish is quitarse, despedir
dismiss in Swedish is avskeda, entlediga, avvisa

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