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Dismiss
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(v. t.) To discard; to remove or discharge from office, service, or employment; as, the king dismisses his ministers; the matter dismisses his servant.
(2):
(n.) Dismission.
(3):
(v. t.) To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away.
(4):
(v. t.) To lay aside or reject as unworthy of attentions or regard, as a petition or motion in court.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Dismiss'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/dismiss.html. 1828.