Reject

Re`ject´ Pronunciation: r?-j?kt´

v. t.	1.	[imp. & p. p. Rejected; p. pr. & vb. n. Rejecting.]
	1.	To cast from one; to throw away; to discard. Therefore all this exercise of hunting . . . the Utopians have rejected to their butchers. - Robynson (More's Utopia). Reject me not from among thy children. - Wisdom ix. 4.
	2.	To refuse to receive or to acknowledge; to decline haughtily or harshly; to repudiate. That golden scepter which thou didst reject. - Milton. Because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me. - Hos. iv. 6.
	3.	To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request.

Noun	1.	reject - the person or thing rejected or set aside as inferior in quality 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" Synonyms: pass up, turn down, decline, refuse
	3.	reject - deem wrong or inappropriate; "I disapprove of her child rearing methods" Synonyms: disapprove
	4.	reject - reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances" Synonyms: freeze off, spurn, pooh-pooh, scorn, disdain, turn down
	5.	reject - resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor" Synonyms: refuse, resist
	6.	reject - refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs" Synonyms: turn down, turn away, refuse Antonyms: allow in, intromit, let in, admit - allow to enter; grant entry to; "We cannot admit non-members into our club"
	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" Synonyms: rule out, eliminate

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