Refuse vs. Dismiss

Refuseadjective

Discarded, rejected.

Refusenoun

Collectively, items or material that have been discarded; rubbish, garbage.

Refusenoun

(obsolete) refusal

Refuseverb

(transitive) To decline (a request or demand).

Refuseverb

(intransitive) To decline a request or demand, forbear; to withhold permission.

Refuseverb

(military) To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the centre, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular alignment when troops are about to engage the enemy.

Refuseverb

To disown.

Refuseverb

To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant.

Refuseverb

To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the center, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular aligment when troops ar about to engage the enemy; as, to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks.

Refuseverb

To decline to accept; to reject; to deny the request or petition of; as, to refuse a suitor.

Refuseverb

To disown.

Refuseverb

To deny compliance; not to comply.

Refusenoun

Refusal.

Refusenoun

That which is refused or rejected as useless; waste or worthless matter.

Refuseadjective

Refused; rejected; hence; left as unworthy of acceptance; of no value; worthless.

Refusenoun

food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

Refuseverb

show unwillingness towards;

Refuseverb

refuse to accept;

Refuseverb

elude, especially in a baffling way;

Refuseverb

refuse to let have;

Refuseverb

resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ;

Refuseverb

refuse entrance or membership;

Dismissverb

(transitive) To discharge; to end the employment or service of.

Dismissverb

(transitive) To order to leave.

Dismissverb

(transitive) To dispel; to rid one's mind of.

Dismissverb

(transitive) To reject; to refuse to accept.

Dismissverb

To send or put away.

Dismissverb

To get a batsman out.

Dismissverb

To give someone a red card; to send off.

Dismissverb

To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away.

Dismissverb

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

Dismissverb

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

Dismissnoun

Dismission.

Dismissverb

bar from attention or consideration;

Dismissverb

cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration;

Dismissverb

stop associating with;

Dismissverb

terminate the employment of;

Dismissverb

end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave;

Dismissverb

declare void;

Dismissverb

order or allow to leave; send away

Dismissverb

remove from employment or office, typically on the grounds of unsatisfactory performance

Dismissverb

(of a group assembled under someone's authority) disperse

Dismissverb

end the innings of (a batsman or a side)

Dismissverb

treat as unworthy of serious consideration

Dismissverb

deliberately cease to think about

Dismissverb

refuse further hearing to (a case)