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1. Refuse to accept or acknowledge
   "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper"
    
2. Not accept
   "He rejected my offer of hospitality"
   - refuse, pass up, turn down, decline
    
3. Deem wrong or inappropriate
   - disapprove
    
4. Refuse with contempt
   "She rejected his advances"
   - spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down
    
5. Resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
   "His body rejected the liver of the donor"
   - resist, refuse
    
6. Deny entrance or membership
   "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"
   - turn down, turn away, refuse
    
7. Dismiss from consideration or a contest
   "John was rejected as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"
   - rule out, eliminate, winnow out

1. The person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
   - cull

Derived forms: rejected, rejecting, rejects

See also: rejection, rejective

Type of: deciding, decision making, decline, evaluate, judge, pass judgment, react, refuse, reply, respond

Antonym: accept, admit

Encyclopedia: Reject