DISMISSED

discharged, dismissed, fired, laid-off, pink-slipped

(adjective) having lost your job

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

dismissed

simple past tense and past participle of dismiss

Source: Wiktionary


DISMISS

Dis*miss", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dismissed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dismissing.] Etym: [L. dis- + missus, p. p. of mittere to send: cf. dimittere, OF. desmetre, F. démettre. See Demise, and cf. Dimit.]

1. To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away. He dismissed the assembly. Acts xix. 41. Dismiss their cares when they dismiss their flock. Cowper. Though he soon dismissed himself from state affairs. Dryden.

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

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

Dis*miss", n.

Definition: Dismission. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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