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reject
verb(re-ject)
refuse entrance or membership
Synonyms: refuse, turn away, turn down,
Antonyms: admit,
Examples:
Black people were often rejected by country clubs.
reject
verb(re-ject)
deem wrong or inappropriate
Synonyms: disapprove,
reject
verb(re-ject)
resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
Synonyms: refuse, resist,
Examples:
His body rejected the liver of the donor.
reject
verb(re-ject)
refuse to accept
Synonyms: decline, pass up, refuse, turn down,
reject
noun(re-ject)
the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
Synonyms: cull,
reject
verb(re-ject)
reject with contempt
Synonyms: disdain, freeze off, pooh-pooh, scorn, spurn, turn down,
reject
verb(re-ject)
dismiss from consideration or a contest
Synonyms: eliminate, rule out, winnow out,
reject
verb(re-ject)
refuse to accept or acknowledge
Antonyms: accept,
Examples:
I reject the idea of starting a war.
The journal rejected the student's paper.

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