REJECT
Definition:
- [noun] the person or thing rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
Synonyms: cull
- [verb] refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper"
- [verb] refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality"
Synonyms: refuse, pass up, turn down, decline
- [verb] deem wrong or inappropriate; "I disapprove of her child rearing methods"
Synonyms: disapprove
- [verb] reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances"
Synonyms: spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down
- [verb] resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor"
Synonyms: resist, refuse
- [verb] refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"
Synonyms: turn down, turn away, refuse
- [verb] 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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Related Words:
- disbelieve, discredit
- repudiate
- recuse
- reprobate
- renounce, repudiate
- dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside, ignore
- dishonor, dishonour
- bounce
- object
- deprecate
- deter, discourage
- rebuff, snub, repel
