About The Word Reject
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Reject
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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 Related Terms | Find terms related to Reject: 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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