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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REJECT', v.t. [L. rejicio, rejectus, re and jacio, to throw.]
1. To throw away, as any thing useless or vile.
2. To cast off.
Have I rejected those that me ador'd?
3. To cast off; to forsake. Jeremiah 7.
4. To refuse to receive; to slight; to despise.
Because thou has rejected knowledge, I will reject thee. Hosea 4. 2 Samuel 15.
5. To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request.
6. To refuse to accept; as, to reject an offer.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality [syn: cull, reject] v
1: refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper" [ant: accept]
2: refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality" [syn: refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline] [ant: accept, have, take]
3: deem wrong or inappropriate; "I disapprove of her child rearing methods" [syn: disapprove, reject] [ant: O.K., approve, okay, sanction]
4: reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances" [syn: reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down]
5: resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor" [syn: resist, reject, refuse]
6: refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs" [syn: reject, turn down, turn away, refuse] [ant: admit, allow in, intromit, let in]
7: dismiss from consideration or a contest; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration" [syn: rule out, eliminate, winnow out, reject]

Merriam Webster's

I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Latin rejectus, past participle of reicere, from re- + jacere to throw — more at jet Date: 15th century 1. a. to refuse to accept, consider, submit to, take for some purpose, or use <rejected the suggestion> <reject a manuscript> b. to refuse to hear, receive, or admit ; rebuff, repel <parents who reject their children> c. to refuse as lover or spouse 2. obsolete to cast off 3. throw back, repulse 4. to spew out 5. to subject to immunological rejection Synonyms: see decline • rejecter or rejector noun • rejectingly adverb • rejective adjective II. noun Date: circa 1555 a rejected person or thing; especially one rejected as not wanted, unsatisfactory, or not fulfilling standard requirements

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v.tr. 1 put aside or send back as not to be used or done or complied with etc. 2 refuse to accept or believe in. 3 rebuff or snub (a person). 4 (of a body or digestive system) cast up again; vomit, evacuate. 5 Med. show an immune response to (a transplanted organ or tissue) so that it fails to survive. --n. a thing or person rejected as unfit or below standard. Derivatives: rejectable adj. rejecter n. (also rejector). rejection n. rejective adj. Etymology: ME f. L rejicere reject- (as RE-, jacere throw)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Reject 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(rejected) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you reject something such as a proposal, a request, or an offer, you do not accept it or you do not agree to it. The British government is expected to reject the idea of state subsidy for a new high speed railway... VERB: V n • rejection (rejections) The rejection of such initiatives indicates that voters are unconcerned about the environment. N-VAR: oft N of n 2. If you reject a belief or a political system, you refuse to believe in it or to live by its rules. ...the children of Eastern European immigrants who had rejected their parents' political and religious beliefs. VERB: V n • rejection ...his rejection of our values. N-VAR 3. If someone is rejected for a job or course of study, it is not offered to them. One of my most able students was rejected by another university. VERB: be V-ed, also V n • rejection Be prepared for lots of rejections before you land a job. N-COUNT 4. If someone rejects another person who expects affection from them, they are cold and unfriendly towards them. ...people who had been rejected by their lovers. VERB: V n • rejection These feelings of rejection and hurt remain. N-VAR 5. If a person's body rejects something such as a new heart that has been transplanted into it, it tries to attack and destroy it. It was feared his body was rejecting a kidney he received in a transplant four years ago. VERB: V n • rejection ...a special drug which stops rejection of transplanted organs. N-VAR 6. If a machine rejects a coin that you put in it, the coin comes out and the machine does not work. VERB 7. A reject is a product that has not been accepted for use or sale, because there is something wrong with it. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Exclude, discard, eject, set aside, pass over, throw aside, cast off, lay aside, cast aside, cast away, put away, throw overboard. 2. Decline, refuse, repudiate, repel, rebuff, slight, despise, disapprove, renounce. 3. Refuse.

Moby Thesaurus

abandon, abjure, ban, bar, bar out, barf, be contrary to, be seasick, be sick, be skeptical, be unmoved, be unwilling, beg off, belie, blackball, blockade, boot out, bounce, bring up, brush aside, call into question, cashier, cast, cast aside, cast away, cast off, cast out, cast-off, castaway, castoff, categorically reject, challenge, chuck, chuck out, chuck up, contemn, contest, contradict, contravene, controvert, count out, cross, cut off, debar, decline, decline to accept, deep six, deep-six, defenestrate, deny, derelict, despise, detrude, disagree, disallow, disapprove, disapprove of, disbelieve, discard, discarding, discharge, disclaim, discount, discredit, disdain, disfavor, disgorge, dismiss, disown, disposal, dispose of, disregard, dissent, dissent from, ditch, dogie, drop, dump, dumping, egest, eighty-six, eject, eliminate, elimination, embargo, enjoin, except, exclude, exclude from, expel, extrude, feed the fish, flotsam, flotsam and jetsam, forbid, forswear, foundling, freeze out, frown at, frown down, frown upon, gag, gag on, gainsay, get quit of, get rid of, get shut of, give away, give the hook, grimace at, heave, heave out, heave the gorge, hold out against, ignore, inhibit, interdict, irregular, jetsam, jettison, jilt, junk, junking, keck, keep out, kick downstairs, kick out, lagan, leave out, lock out, look askance at, look black upon, misbelieve, negate, negative, not accept, not admit, not approve, not believe, not buy, not consent, not fall for, not go for, not hear of, not hold with, not swallow, not think of, object, object to, obtrude, omit, oppose, oppugn, orphan, ostracize, oust, outlaw, part with, pass by, pass over, pass up, preclude, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, protest, puke, push aside, put out, rebuff, rebut, recant, refuse, refuse consent, refuse to admit, refuse to believe, refuse to consider, refuse to credit, regurgitate, rejectamenta, rejection, relegate, removal, remove, renounce, repel, repress, reprobate, repudiate, repulse, resist believing, resist entreaty, resist persuasion, retch, rubbish, rule out, say nay, say no, say no to, scout, scrap, scrapping, scratch, second, send to Coventry, set aside, shed, shove away, shun, shut out, sick up, slough, spew, spurn, stand aloof, suppress, taboo, take exception to, think ill of, think little of, throw away, throw out, throw over, throw overboard, throw up, throwaway, thrust out, thumb down, toss out, toss overboard, trash, traverse, turn away, turn down, turn out, unbelieve, upchuck, veto, view with disfavor, vomit, vote nay, vote negatively, waif, waifs and strays, waive, wastrel