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dismissed

/dɪsˈmɪst/ adjective B2
  1. Not having been considered; treated as unimportant; rejected.
  2. Having been fired or let go; having had one's employment terminated.
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When school was dismissed Anne marched out with her red head held high.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 115 · C1
Their manner of living, even when the restoration of peace dismissed them to a home, was unsettled in the extreme.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 369 · B2
If you would only dismiss them from your heels, there might soon be treaties of peace and reconciliation between us.” The Sheep, poor silly creatures, were easily beguiled and dismissed the Dogs, whereupon the Wolves destroyed the unguarded flock at their own pleasure.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 22 · B2
Holmes dismissed the subject with a wave.
The Valley of Fear, p. 35 · C1

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