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Meaning of 'reject' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Reject [ v. t.]
- To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.
- To refuse to receive or to acknowledge; to decline haughtily or harshly; to repudiate.
- To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request.

Meaning of 'reject' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . reject [ v]
Meaning (1):
- refuse entrance or membership
Example in sentence:
  • Black people were often rejected by country clubs;
  • They turned away hundreds of fans
Meaning (2):
- refuse to accept
Example in sentence:
  • dishonor checks and drafts;
  • He refused my offer of hospitality
Meaning (3):
- resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
Example in sentence:
  • His body rejected the liver of the donor
Meaning (4):
- deem wrong or inappropriate
Example in sentence:
  • I disapprove of her child rearing methods
Meaning (5):
- refuse to accept or acknowledge
Example in sentence:
  • I reject the idea of starting a war;
  • The journal rejected the student's paper
Meaning (6):
- dismiss from consideration or a contest
Example in sentence:
  • John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi;
  • This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration
Meaning (7):
- reject with contempt
Example in sentence:
  • She spurned his advances

Nearby Words:

rejectable rejectamenta rejectaneous rejected rejecter rejecting rejection rejectitious rejective rejectment

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Related Definitions

  • Disparate Rejection Rates
    A test for adverse impact in which it can be demonstrated that there is a discrimination between rates of rejection of members of a protected group and of others.

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