REJECT

verb

Synonyms

repel; renounce; discard; rebuff; refuse; decline.

Definitions

  1. 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. 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. 3. To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request.
Added: October 09, 2025 Updated: October 09, 2025
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