dismiss
to send away or reject
Roots
- dis- / dif-: apart, away, not, reversal, or disruption
- mit / miss: send, let go, or release
Other words with the mit / miss root
Dis- gives away and mit / miss gives send. Dismiss sends a person, claim, or worry away.
The professor dismissed the rumor but answered the real concern.
Dismiss is not just ignore. It has a sending-away shape: a teacher dismisses a class, a judge dismisses a case, and a reader may dismiss an argument as weak.