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reject
('r/i/,/dZ//E/kt )

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)
    Example:
    I reject the idea of starting a war.
    The journal rejected the student's paper.
    Antonym:
    accept
    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)
    Example:
    His body rejected the liver of the donor.
    Synonym:
    refuse, resist
    source: wordnet30
  • refuse entrance or membership(verb.social)
    Example:
    Black people were often rejected by country clubs.
    Synonym:
    refuse, turn away, turn down
    Antonym:
    admit, allow in, intromit, let in
    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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