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1. Rebuffed (by a lover) without warning
   - jilted, spurned

1. Refuse to accept or acknowledge
   "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper"
    
2. Refuse to accept
   - refuse, pass up, turn down, decline
    
3. Deem wrong or inappropriate
   - disapprove
    
4. Reject with contempt
   - 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. Refuse entrance or membership
   "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"
   - turn down, turn away, refuse
    
7. Dismiss from consideration or a contest
   - rule out, eliminate, winnow out

See also: rejection, rejective, unloved

Type of: decline, evaluate, judge, pass judgment, react, refuse, respond

Antonym: accept, admit

Encyclopedia: Reject