Reject (album)
WordNet
noun
(1) The person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
verb
(2) 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"
(3) Refuse to accept or acknowledge
"I reject the idea of starting a war"
"The journal rejected the student's paper"
(4) Reject with contempt
"She spurned his advances"
(5) Deem wrong or inappropriate
"I disapprove of her child rearing methods"
(6) Refuse to accept
"He refused my offer of hospitality"
(7) Refuse entrance or membership
"They turned away hundreds of fans"
"Black people were often rejected by country clubs"
(8) Resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
"His body rejected the liver of the donor"
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Etymology
From Late rejecten from rēiectus, pp. of rēiicere, "to throw back", from rē-, back, + iacere, to throw. Displaced native forwerpen "to reject" (from forweorpan), forcasten "to reject, throw away" (from forkasta), skirpen "to reject, spew out" (from skirpa "to reject, spit out"), wernen "to refuse, reject" (from wiernan "to refuse, reject"), withchosen, withchesen "to reject, choose against" (from wiþċēosan "to reject").
Verb
- to refuse to accept
- She even rejected my improved offer.
Synonyms
Noun
- Something that is rejected.
- (derogatory slang) An unpopular person.