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Reject Meaning & Definition
Reject Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Reject?

[n] the person or thing rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
[v] dismiss from consideration; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration"
[v] refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper"
[v] reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances"
[v] refuse to approve; "I disapprove of her child rearing methods"
[v] refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality"
[v] refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Reject: cull | decline | disapprove | disdain | eliminate | freeze off | pass up | pooh-pooh | refuse | refuse | rule out | scorn | spurn | turn away | turn down | turn down | turn down

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See Also | bounce | brush aside | brush off | brush off | deciding | decision making | deprecate | deter | disbelieve | discount | discourage | discredit | dishonor | dishonour | dismiss | disregard | ignore | judge | object | push aside | rebuff | recuse | renounce | repel | reprobate | repudiate | snub

Reject In Webster's Dictionary

\Re*ject"\ (r?-j?kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rejected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rejecting}.] [L. rejectus, p. p. of reicere, rejicere; pref. re- re- + jacere to throw: cf. F. rejeter, formerly also spelt rejecter. See {Jet} a shooting forth.] 1. To cast from one; to throw away; to discard. Therefore all this exercise of hunting . . . the Utopians have rejected to their butchers. --Robynson (More's Utopia). Reject me not from among thy children. --Wisdom ix. 4. 2. To refuse to receive or to acknowledge; to decline haughtily or harshly; to repudiate. That golden scepter which thou didst reject. --Milton. Because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me. --Hos. iv. 6. 3. To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request. Syn: To repel; renounce; discard; rebuff; refuse; decline.

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