Reject - Definition

n 1: the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as
inferior in quality [syn: cull, reject]
v 1: refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of
starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper"
[ant: accept]
2: refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality" [syn:
refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline] [ant:
accept, have, take]
3: deem wrong or inappropriate; "I disapprove of her child
rearing methods" [syn: disapprove, reject] [ant: O.K.,
approve, okay, sanction]
4: reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances" [syn:
reject, 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"
[syn: resist, reject, refuse]
6: refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of
fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"
[syn: reject, turn down, turn away, refuse] [ant:
admit, allow in, intromit, let in]
7: dismiss from consideration or a contest; "John was ruled out
as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This
possibility can be eliminated from our consideration" [syn:
rule out, eliminate, winnow out, reject]