reject
Americanverb (used with object)
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to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc..
to reject the offer of a better job.
- Synonyms:
- deny
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to refuse to grant (a request, demand, etc.).
- Synonyms:
- deny
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to refuse to accept (someone or something); rebuff.
The other children rejected him. The publisher rejected the author's latest novel.
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to discard as useless or unsatisfactory.
The mind rejects painful memories.
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to cast out or eject; vomit.
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to cast out or off.
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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
verb
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to refuse to accept, acknowledge, use, believe, etc
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to throw out as useless or worthless; discard
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to rebuff (a person)
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(of an organism) to fail to accept (a foreign tissue graft or organ transplant) because of immunological incompatibility
noun
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
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The actress had suggested her character make a small Buddhist prayer every time she killed an animal for sustenance, but director Sam Raimi rejected the idea, Azizi says.
Andrew has always denied wrongdoing and rejected claims that he had used his envoy role for his own personal gain.
From BBC
Mr. Winslow’s first fiction, “A Cool Breeze on the Underground,” took three years to write and was rejected 14 times before seeing print in 1991.
Judge Goozée told Westminster Magistrates' Court the arguments raised by San Diego's legal team were rejected.
From BBC
In 2024, North Korea rejected international aid for floods that displaced thousands.
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