reject

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

2. v. t. To refuse to receive or to acknowledge; to decline haughtily or harshly; to repudiate. Source: opted

3. v. t. To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request. Source: opted

4. n. the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality Source: wordnet

5. v. not accept something given or offered Source: wordnet

6. v. not accept as true Source: wordnet

7. v. deem wrong or inappropriate Source: wordnet

8. v. reject with contempt Source: wordnet

9. v. resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ Source: wordnet

10. v. refuse entrance or membership Source: wordnet

11. v. dismiss from consideration or a contest Source: wordnet

12. 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. Hog. iv. 6. 3. To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request. Syn. -- To repel; renounce; discard; rebuff; refuse; decline. Source: webster

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