reject
to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
to refuse to grant (a request, demand, etc.).
to refuse to accept (someone or something); rebuff: The other children rejected him. The publisher rejected the author's latest novel.
to discard as useless or unsatisfactory: The mind rejects painful memories.
to cast out or eject; vomit.
to cast out or off.
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.
something rejected, as an imperfect article.
Origin of reject
1synonym study For reject
Other words for reject
Other words from reject
- re·ject·a·ble, adjective
- re·ject·er, noun
- re·jec·tive, adjective
- pre·re·ject, verb (used with object)
- qua·si-re·ject·ed, adjective
- un·re·ject·a·ble, adjective
- un·re·ject·ed, adjective
- un·re·jec·tive, adjective
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How to use reject in a sentence
In life, José Saramago refused to see his once-rejected book Skylight published.
The role was originally offered to John Wayne, who rejected it for being “unpatriotic.”
Sony: Hollywood’s Most Subversive Studio Under Attack | Marlow Stern | December 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBrutality must be rejected as a “mistake,” but simultaneously preserved as a possible policy option.
John Brennan’s Tortured Defense of the CIA’s Torture Program | Shane Harris | December 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSchettino also tried to enter a plea bargain agreement, which ultimately was rejected by the Grosseto court.
The Costa Concordia’s Randy Reckless Captain Takes the Stand | Barbie Latza Nadeau | December 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe boy feels rejected and confused, and then hits on a Christmas morning solution, delivering a penguin mate for his penguin.
How Monty The Penguin Won Christmas: Britain’s Epic, Emotional Commercials | Tim Teeman | November 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The bill to remove the civil disabilities of the Jews rejected in the British parliament by a vote of 288 to 165.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellA physician who applied for membership in a medical society was rejected because of unprofessional conduct.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesThe Gentiles shall seek and find Christ, but the Jews will persecute him, and be rejected, only a remnant shall be reserved.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousAs if by mutual consent the owners of the rejected cattle slowly departed.
Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn RaymondIn due course indemnity claims were forwarded to the military authorities, who rejected them all.
The Philippine Islands | John Foreman
British Dictionary definitions for reject
to refuse to accept, acknowledge, use, believe, etc
to throw out as useless or worthless; discard
to rebuff (a person)
(of an organism) to fail to accept (a foreign tissue graft or organ transplant) because of immunological incompatibility
something rejected as imperfect, unsatisfactory, or useless
Origin of reject
1Derived forms of reject
- rejectable, adjective
- rejecter or rejector, noun
- rejection, noun
- rejective, adjective
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