dismissed

dis-missed · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Past tense and past participle of *dismiss*: ordered or allowed to leave.

  2. 2.

    Removed from employment.

  3. 3.

    Refused to consider; regarded as unworthy of attention.

  4. 4.

    (Law) Ended a court case without a decision.

Related words

Antonyms: accepted, employed, hired
See also: dismiss, fired, rejected
Synonyms: discarded, discharged, fired, rejected

Etymology

From dismiss with the regular past tense suffix -ed. The base word derives from Latin dimittere meaning "to send away."