v. t. | 1. | |
1. | To cast from one; to throw away; to discard. | |
2. | To refuse to receive or to acknowledge; to decline haughtily or harshly; to repudiate. | |
3. | To refuse to grant; |
Noun | 1. | ![]() Synonyms: cull |
Verb | 1. | reject - refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper" Antonyms: accept - consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument" |
2. | reject - refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality" | |
3. | reject - deem wrong or inappropriate; "I disapprove of her child rearing methods" Synonyms: disapprove | |
4. | reject - reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances" | |
5. | reject - resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor" | |
6. | reject - refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs" | |
7. | reject - dismiss from consideration; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration" |