Reject

[rɪ'dʒekt] or [rɪ'dʒɛkt]

Definition

(verb.) refuse to accept or acknowledge; 'I reject the idea of starting a war'; 'The journal rejected the student's paper'.

(verb.) reject with contempt; 'She spurned his advances'.

(verb.) refuse entrance or membership; 'They turned away hundreds of fans'; 'Black people were often rejected by country clubs'.

Checked by Enrique--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.

(v. t.) To refuse to receive or to acknowledge; to decline haughtily or harshly; to repudiate.

(v. t.) To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request.

Edited by Dinah

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Exclude, discard, eject, set aside, pass over, throw aside, cast off, lay aside, cast aside, cast away, put away, throw overboard, lay on the shelf.[2]. Decline, refuse, repudiate, repel, rebuff, slight, despise.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Repel, renounce, throw_by, castaway, repudiate, decline, discard, refuse, exclude

ANT:Hail, welcome, accept, appropriate, choose, select, admit

Edited by Annabel

Definition

v.t. to throw away: to refuse: to renounce: to despise.—adjs. Rejec′table Rejec′tible.—n.pl. Rejectamen′ta excrement.—ns. Rejec′ter -or; Rejec′tion act of rejecting: refusal.—adj. Rejec′tive.—n. Reject′ment.

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