reject

American  

[ri-jekt, ree-jekt] / rɪˈdʒɛkt, ˈri dʒɛkt /

verb (used with object)

1. to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc..

   to reject the offer of a better job.

   Synonyms:

   deny

2. to refuse to grant (a request, demand, etc.).

   Synonyms:

   deny

3. to refuse to accept (someone or something); rebuff.

   The other children rejected him. The publisher rejected the author's latest novel.

   Synonyms:

   renounce , repel

4. to discard as useless or unsatisfactory.

   The mind rejects painful memories.

   Synonyms:

   jettison , eliminate

5. to cast out or eject; vomit.

6. to cast out or off.

7. Medicine/Medical.  (of a human or other animal) to have an immunological reaction against (a transplanted organ or grafted tissue).

   If tissue types are not matched properly, a patient undergoing a transplant will reject the graft.

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noun

1. something rejected, as an imperfect article.

   Synonyms:

   second

reject British  

verb

1. to refuse to accept, acknowledge, use, believe, etc

2. to throw out as useless or worthless; discard

3. to rebuff (a person)

4. (of an organism) to fail to accept (a foreign tissue graft or organ transplant) because of immunological incompatibility

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noun

1. something rejected as imperfect, unsatisfactory, or useless

Related Words

See refuse ¹.

Other Word Forms

• prereject verb (used with object)
• quasi-rejected adjective
• rejectable adjective
• rejecter noun
• rejection noun
• rejective adjective
• unrejectable adjective
• unrejected adjective
• unrejective adjective

Etymology

Origin of reject

First recorded in 1485–95; (verb) from Latin rējectus, past participle of rējicere “to throw back,” equivalent to re- re- + jec-, combining form of jacere “to throw” + -tus past participle suffix

Example Sentences

Siddiq, who is based in London and has rejected the charges, is unlikely to serve the jail term.

From BBC

Also on Sunday, for only the second time in the Premier League, a referee rejected a red card review at the pitchside monitor.

From BBC

Siddiq, who is based in London and has rejected the charges, is unlikely to serve the sentence.

From BBC

Prosecutors rejected the claim, saying Han's alleged offence was "extremely egregious".

From Barron's

In December 1886, Samuel Gompers founded the American Federation of Labor, organizing only skilled workers and focusing on “pure and simple” unionism that rejected state intervention.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• deny
• dismiss
• rebuff
• refuse
• renounce
• repudiate
• scrap
• spurn
• turn down
• veto