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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"We categorically reject the baseless allegations made by Pakistan, which are nothing but its usual tactics to deflect attention from its own internal failings," said foreign ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal on Sunday.
From Barron's
Musk has previously rejected claims that his satellites were taking up too much room and crowding out competitors.
From BBC
Are teens doing themselves a disservice by rejecting AI, or are they right to be cautious?
Justice Department officials rejected the defense that Lemon and the other journalists were exercising their 1st Amendment rights as journalists, and accused them of violating the rights of churchgoers.
From Los Angeles Times
Court records and a Times investigation show grand juries in Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles have repeatedly rejected criminal filings from prosecutors in similar cases.
From Los Angeles Times
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