'Reject' definitions:
Definition of 'reject'
(from WordNet)
noun
The person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality [syn: cull, reject]
verb
Refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper" [ant: accept]
verb
Refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality" [syn: refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline] [ant: accept, have, take]
verb
Deem wrong or inappropriate; "I disapprove of her child rearing methods" [syn: disapprove, reject] [ant: O.K., approve, okay, sanction]
verb
Reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances" [syn: reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down]
verb
Resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor" [syn: resist, reject, refuse]
verb
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]
verb
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]
Definition of 'Reject'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Therefore all this exercise of hunting . . . the Utopians have rejected to their butchers. --Robynson (More's Utopia). [1913 Webster]
- Reject me not from among thy children. --Wisdom ix. 4. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To refuse to receive or to acknowledge; to decline haughtily or harshly; to repudiate. [1913 Webster]
- That golden scepter which thou didst reject. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me. --Hos. iv. 6. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To repel; renounce; discard; rebuff; refuse; decline. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'reject'
From: 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