| Main Entry: | discharge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dismiss from responsibility |
Synonyms: |
absolve, ax, boot out, bounce, bump, bust, can*, cashier, disburden, discard, disencumber, dispense, displace, eject, excuse, exempt, expel, fire, freeze out, give one notice, kick out, lay off, let go, let off, let one go, let out, lock out, nix, oust, privilege from, relieve, remove, replace, ride out on rail, run out of town, show the door, spare, supersede, supplant, terminate, unload |
Antonyms: |
assign, delegate, employ, engage, hire |
| Main Entry: | evict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw out from residence |
Synonyms: |
boot out, bounce*, chase, dislodge, dismiss, dispossess, eject, expel, extrude, force out, heave-ho, kick out, oust, out, put out, remove, send packing, show out, show the door, shut out, toss out on ear, turn out |
Antonyms: |
admit, board, include, lease, receive, rent, take in, welcome |
| Main Entry: | expel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw out, banish |
Synonyms: |
ban, bar, blackball, bust, cast out, chase, deport, discharge, dismiss, displace, dispossess, drum out, eject, eliminate, evict, exclude, exile, expatriate, expulse, fire, give the boot, give the hook, give walking papers, kick out, oust, proscribe, send packing, show the door, suspend, throw out on ear, turn out |
Antonyms: |
admit, allow, permit, take in, welcome |
| Main Entry: | forsake |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon, turn one's back on |
Synonyms: |
abdicate, cast off, change one's tune, desert, disclaim, disown, drift away, forgo, forswear, give up, have done with, jettison, jilt, kiss goodbye, leave, leave flat, leave high and dry, quit, relinquish, renounce, repudiate, resign, run out on, set aside, show the door, spurn, surrender, take the oath, throw over, walk out on, wash one's hands of, yield |
Antonyms: |
go back, rediscover, return, revert |
| Main Entry: | oust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | expel, get rid of |
Synonyms: |
banish, bereave, boot out, bounce*, bundle off, cast out, chase, depose, deprive, dethrone, discharge, disinherit, dislodge, displace, dispossess, divest, drive out, eject, evict, expulse, fire, force out, give the 1-2-3, kick out, lay off, let go, lose, ostracize, pack off, pink slip, relegate, remove, rob, sack, send packing, show the door, throw out, topple, transport, turn out, unseat |
Antonyms: |
hold, keep, retain |
| Main Entry: | send packing |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | send away |
Synonyms: |
discharge, dismiss, give walking papers, show the door |
| Main Entry: | pink-slip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dismiss |
Synonyms: |
ax, boot out, boot, bounce*, bump*, can*, cashier, defrock, depone, depose, deselect, discharge, disemploy, disfrock, displace, disqualify, drop*, fire, furlough, give notice to, give someone his or her walking papers, give someone the ax, give someone the gate, give someone the pink slip, give the ax, give the gate, give the heave-ho, give walking papers, give warning, impeach, kick out, lay off, let go*, let out, oust, pension, put away, recall, release, retire, sack, send packing, shelve, show someone the door, shut out, suspend, terminate, turn away, unfrock, unseat, wash out |