REJECT
verb
Synonyms
repel; renounce; discard; rebuff; refuse; decline.
Definitions
- 1. To cast from one; to throw away; to discard. Therefore all this exercise of hunting . . . the Utopians have rejected to their butchers. Robynson (More's Utopia). Reject me not from among thy children. Wisdom ix. 4.
- 2. To refuse to receive or to acknowledge; to decline haughtily or harshly; to repudiate. That golden scepter which thou didst reject. Milton. Because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me. Hog. iv. 6.
- 3. To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request.
Added: October 09, 2025
Updated: October 09, 2025