Dismiss
Dismiss verb - To let go from office, service, or employment.
Support
Support verb - To put up with (something painful or difficult).
Usage example: he simply cannot support the thought of having to go on living without his beloved wife at his side
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The hosts explicitly neither support nor dismiss the possibility that she was taking orders from God.
Source: Series / Deadliest Warrior - Clouds of Witness: Denver had been able to dismiss Goyles because he couldn't support Mary or any other wife, and while he would have been willing to live on Mary's money, she doesn't get it without her brother's approval of the match.
Source: Unable to Support a Wife - No matter if they achieved three suicidal missions with no casualties, evolved using magical trinkets all the way to their late stages, being the only ones left for support, the adults will continuously dismiss them unless they are with an adult.
Source: Just a Kid
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