'Rejected' definitions:
Definition of 'rejected'
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Definition of 'Rejected'
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 'rejected'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandoned,
- belied,
- cast-off,
- castaway,
- confounded,
- confuted,
- contemned,
- declined,
- declined with thanks,
- deflated,
- denied,
- derelict,
- despised,
- disapproved,
- discarded,
- discounted,
- discredited,
- disdained,
- dismissed,
- disowned,
- disproved,
- disputed,
- excepted,
- excluded,
- exploded,
- exposed,
- forsaken,
- forsworn,
- ignored,
- impugned,
- invalidated,
- jilted,
- loveless,
- lovelorn,
- negated,
- negatived,
- not considered,
- outcast,
- outside the gates,
- outside the pale,
- overthrown,
- overturned,
- punctured,
- rebuffed,
- refused,
- refuted,
- renounced,
- repudiated,
- repulsed,
- scouted,
- shown up,
- spurned,
- unbeloved,
- uncherished,
- unloved,
- upset