
reject
n : the person or thing rejected or set aside as inferior in
quality [syn: {cull}]
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}, {pass up}, {turn down}, {decline}] [ant: {accept}]
3: deem wrong or inappropriate; "I disapprove of her child
rearing methods" [syn: {disapprove}] [ant: {approve}]
4: reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances" [syn: {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}, {refuse}]
6: refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of
fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"
[syn: {turn down}, {turn away}, {refuse}] [ant: {admit}]
7: dismiss from consideration; "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}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0