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reject
[ verb ri-jekt; noun ree-jekt ]
verb (used with object)
- to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.:
to reject the offer of a better job.
Synonyms: deny
- to refuse to grant (a request, demand, etc.).
Synonyms: deny
- 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.
noun
- something rejected, as an imperfect article.
Synonyms: second
reject
verb
- 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
noun
- something rejected as imperfect, unsatisfactory, or useless
Derived Forms
- reˈjective, adjective
- reˈjection, noun
- reˈjectable, adjective
- reˈjecter, noun
Other Words From
- re·jecta·ble adjective
- re·jecter noun
- re·jective adjective
- prere·ject verb (used with object)
- quasi-re·jected adjective
- unre·jecta·ble adjective
- unre·jected adjective
- unre·jective adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of reject1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Elphaba, in contrast, is a naturally talented sorceress whose green skin led her father to reject her from the moment she was born.
The special counsel overseeing both cases, David Weiss, has flatly rejected claims that the younger Biden was singled out because of his family background.
But a federal judge last Monday rejected the lawsuit, and a day later, another judge rejected Slusser’s appeal.
At the time, Kroger’s legal team rejected claims that the correspondence constitutes unlawful agreement.
More than 100 EU lawmakers called on Oslo to reject the project, citing the risk "to marine biodiversity and the acceleration of climate change".
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