Definition of Reject

1. Verb. Refuse to accept or acknowledge. "The journal rejected the student's paper"


2. Noun. The person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality.
Exact synonyms: Cull
Generic synonyms: Deciding, Decision Making
Derivative terms: Cull

3. Verb. Refuse to accept. "They reject the money "; "He refused my offer of hospitality"
Exact synonyms: Decline, Pass Up, Refuse, Turn Down
Related verbs: Disdain, Freeze Off, Pooh-pooh, Scorn, Spurn, Turn Down
Specialized synonyms: Dishonor, Dishonour, Bounce
Derivative terms: Declination, Refusal, Rejection, Turndown
Antonyms: Accept

4. Verb. Deem wrong or inappropriate. "I disapprove of her child rearing methods"
Exact synonyms: Disapprove
Generic synonyms: Evaluate, Judge, Pass Judgment
Specialized synonyms: Object, Deprecate, Deter, Discourage
Antonyms: Approve
Derivative terms: Disapproval, Rejection, Rejective

5. Verb. Reject with contempt. "She spurned his advances"
Exact synonyms: Disdain, Freeze Off, Pooh-pooh, Scorn, Spurn, Turn Down
Generic synonyms: Decline, Refuse
Specialized synonyms: Rebuff, Repel, Snub
Related verbs: Decline, Pass Up, Refuse, Turn Down, Refuse, Turn Away, Turn Down
Derivative terms: Rejective, Scorner, Spurner, Turndown

6. Verb. Resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ. "His body rejected the liver of the donor"
Exact synonyms: Refuse, Resist
Generic synonyms: React, Respond
Derivative terms: Resistant

7. Verb. Refuse entrance or membership. "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"
Exact synonyms: Refuse, Turn Away, Turn Down
Related verbs: Disdain, Freeze Off, Pooh-pooh, Scorn, Spurn, Turn Down
Derivative terms: Refusal, Turndown
Antonyms: Admit

8. Verb. Dismiss from consideration or a contest. "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration"
Exact synonyms: Eliminate, Rule Out, Winnow Out

Definition of Reject

1. v. t. To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.

Definition of Reject

1. Verb. (transitive) to refuse to accept ¹

2. Verb. (sports) to block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court. ¹

3. Noun. Something that is rejected. ¹

4. Noun. (derogatory slang) An unpopular person. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Reject

1. to refuse to accept, consider, or make use of [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reject

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rejacketing
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reject (current term)
rejectable
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rejectee
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Literary usage of Reject

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Constitutional History of England Since the Accession of George the by Thomas Erskine May (1862)
"But if the Lords might not amend money bills, could they not reject them ? ... The Commons had then denied Lords to reject the right of amendment, ..."

2. The Constitutional History of England Since the Accession of George the Third by Thomas Erskine May (1899)
"But if the Lords might not amend money bills, could they not reject them ? ... The Commons had then denied Lords to reject the right of amendment, ..."

3. The Constitutional History of England Since the Accession of George the Third by Thomas Erskine May (1899)
"But if the Lords might not amend money bills, could they not reject them ? This very question was dis- pow cussed in 1671. The Commons had then denied Lords ..."

4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1904)
"Nor is it error, in the trial of euch a case, to reject evidence that the wife was an habitual ... It was therefore entirely proper to reject this evidence, ..."

5. The Constitutional History of England Since the Accession of George the by Thomas Erskine May (1861)
"Power of But if the Lords might not amend money bills, could to°n.iect a they not reject them ? This very question was dis- money bill, cussed in 1671. ..."

6. Bulletin by Federal Board for Vocational Education, United States (1917)
"XVII. la the Federal board empowered to reject a State plan because the ... The Federal board is empowered to reject any plan not in conformity with the ..."

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