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   Re·ject

   verb

   • 1. dismiss as inadequate, inappropriate, or not to one's taste: "union negotiators rejected a 1.5 percent pay increase"
   • ▪ refuse to agree to (a request): "an application to hold a pop concert at the club was rejected" Similar turn downrefusedeclinesay no todismissspurninformal:give the thumbs down togive the red light togive something a missknock backrare:negativeOpposite accept
   • ▪ fail to show due affection or concern for (someone); rebuff: "she didn't want him to feel he had been rejected after his sister was born" Similar rebuffspurnrepudiatecut offcast offcast asidediscardjettisonabandondesertturn one's back onhave nothing (more) to do withwash one's hands ofcast outshut outexcludeshuncold-shouldergive someone the cold shoulderostracizeblackballblacklistavoidgive a wide berth toignoresnubcut deadkeep at arm's lengthleave out in the coldsend to Coventrydisfellowshipinformal:give someone the brush-offkick someone in the teethfreeze outhand someone the frozen mittinformal, dated:give someone the go-byinformal:give someone the pushgive someone the elbowgive someone the big Ebin offblankgive someone the airdated:cutexcommunicatearchaic:forsakeOpposite welcome
   • ▪ show an immune response to (a transplanted organ or tissue) so that it fails to survive: "his body could begin to reject the implanted heart"

   noun

   • 1. a person or thing dismissed as failing to meet standards or satisfy tastes: "some of the team's rejects have gone on to prove themselves in championships" Similar failureloserincompetentflotsam

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin reject- ‘thrown back’, from the verb reicere, from re- ‘back’ + jacere ‘to throw’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. rejectable adjective
   • 2. rejector noun
   • 3. rejectee noun

   Scrabble Points: 15

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