What is the meaning of reject?

noun

  • The person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality.

verb

  • Refuse to accept or acknowledge.
    • usage: "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper"
  • Refuse to accept.
    • usage: "He refused my offer of hospitality"
  • Deem wrong or inappropriate.
    • usage: "I disapprove of her child rearing methods"
  • Reject with contempt.
    • usage: "She spurned his advances"
  • Resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ.
    • usage: "His body rejected the liver of the donor"
  • Refuse entrance or membership.
    • usage: "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"
  • Dismiss from consideration or a contest.
    • usage: "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration"
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