Definition of reject

noun (n)

• the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality (noun.cognition)

  Synonym: cull
  

  source: wordnet30

verb (v)

• refuse to accept or acknowledge (verb.cognition)

  Antonym: accept
  

  Example:
  I reject the idea of starting a war.
  The journal rejected the student's paper.
  

  source: wordnet30
• refuse to accept (verb.possession)

  Synonym: decline, dishonor, dishonour, pass up, refuse, turn down
  Antonym: accept, have, take
  

  source: wordnet30
• deem wrong or inappropriate (verb.communication)

  Synonym: disapprove
  Antonym: approve, o.k., okay, sanction
  

  source: wordnet30
• reject with contempt (verb.communication)

  Synonym: disdain, freeze off, pooh-pooh, scorn, spurn, turn down
  

  source: wordnet30
• resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ (verb.stative)

  Synonym: refuse, resist
  

  Example:
  His body rejected the liver of the donor.
  

  source: wordnet30
• refuse entrance or membership (verb.social)

  Synonym: refuse, turn away, turn down
  Antonym: admit, allow in, intromit, let in
  

  Example:
  Black people were often rejected by country clubs.
  

  source: wordnet30
• dismiss from consideration or a contest (verb.cognition)

  source: wordnet30
• To cast from one; to throw away; to discard. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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