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reject
[ verb ri-jekt; noun ree-jekt ]
verb (used with object)
- to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.:
to reject the offer of a better job.
Synonyms: deny
- to refuse to grant (a request, demand, etc.).
Synonyms: deny
- to refuse to accept (someone or something); rebuff:
The other children rejected him. The publisher rejected the author's latest novel.
- to discard as useless or unsatisfactory:
The mind rejects painful memories.
- to cast out or eject; vomit.
- to cast out or off.
- 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
- something rejected, as an imperfect article.
Synonyms: second
reject
verb
- to refuse to accept, acknowledge, use, believe, etc
- to throw out as useless or worthless; discard
- to rebuff (a person)
- (of an organism) to fail to accept (a foreign tissue graft or organ transplant) because of immunological incompatibility
noun
- something rejected as imperfect, unsatisfactory, or useless
Derived Forms
- reˈjective, adjective
- reˈjection, noun
- reˈjectable, adjective
- reˈjecter, noun
Other Words From
- re·jecta·ble adjective
- re·jecter noun
- re·jective adjective
- prere·ject verb (used with object)
- quasi-re·jected adjective
- unre·jecta·ble adjective
- unre·jected adjective
- unre·jective adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of reject1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
After the Salisbury poisonings, Mr Skripal rejected the government's offer of a change of name.
The former nuclear forces officer rejected that opinion as a “very simplified view from so-called experts”.
However, this option requires patients to undergo immunosuppression for the rest of their lives to keep the body from rejecting the foreign beta cells.
His bold and at times brash style, rejecting the more staid political rhetoric of Nandi-Ndaitwah, has seen him win support among business people and the growing urban intelligentsia.
San José State University said in a written statement that it will continue to support its student-athletes and reject discrimination in all forms.
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