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reject
v. refuse, decline, deny, turn down
 
n. something or someone that does not match up to standards; object of lower quality; (Slang) outcast


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Rejection
The word "rejection" was first used in 1415. The original meaning was "to throw" or "to throw back".Rejection may mean:In psychologysocial rejection is an interpersonal situation that occurs when a person or group of people exclude an individual from a social relationship. This may lead to an emotional state of rejection.In medicinetransplant rejection usually refers to the immune reaction of a host organism to a foreign biological tissue, such as in a transplantation.In telecommunications, rejection is the receiving of the desired signal without interference from another undesired one. See Electronic selectivity.In basketball, rejection is a slang term for a block.In manufacturing and technology, rejected components are ones that do not meet standards because they are faulty, broken or do not work in some way.In mathematicsrejection sampling is a technique used to generate observations from a distribution.
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reject
Noun
1. the person or thing rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
(synonym) cull
(hypernym) decision making, deciding
(derivation) turn down, turn away, refuse
Verb
1. refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper"
(antonym) accept
(hypernym) judge
(hyponym) disbelieve, discredit
(derivation) rejection
2. refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality"
(synonym) refuse, pass up, turn down, decline
(hyponym) dishonor, dishonour
(verb-group) spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down
(derivation) rejection
3. deem wrong or inappropriate; "I disapprove of her child rearing methods"
(synonym) disapprove
(hypernym) judge
(hyponym) object
(derivation) rejection
4. reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances"
(synonym) spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down
(hypernym) refuse, decline
(hyponym) rebuff, snub, repel
(verb-group) refuse, pass up, turn down, decline
(derivation) cull
5. resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor"
(synonym) resist, refuse
(hypernym) react, respond
6. refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"
(synonym) turn down, turn away, refuse
(antonym) admit, allow in, let in, intromit
(verb-group) spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down
(derivation) cull
7. 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"
(synonym) rule out, eliminate


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Reject
(v. t.)
To refuse to receive or to acknowledge; to decline haughtily or harshly; to repudiate.
  
 
(v. t.)
To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request.
  
 
(v. t.)
To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.
  

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Reject
The failure of an action (i.e. amendment).

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