Reject Definition

rĭ-jĕkt

rejected, rejecting, rejects

verb

rejected, rejecting, rejects

To refuse to take, agree to, accede to, use, believe, etc.

Webster's New World

To refuse to consider or grant; deny.

The manager rejected all requests for time off. The college rejected the student's application.

American Heritage

To discard or throw out as worthless, useless, or substandard; cast off or out.

Webster's New World

To turn down (an applicant, as for a job); refuse to accept.

American Heritage

To pass over or skip from (a record set by a record changer) without playing.

Webster's New World

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noun

rejects

A rejected thing or person.

Webster's New World

A foolish or socially inept person.

American Heritage

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Other Word Forms of Reject

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reject

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From Late Middle English rejecten, from Latin rÄ“iectus, past participle of rÄ“icere, "to throw back", from rÄ“-, back, + iacere, to throw. Displaced native Middle English forwerpen (“to reject") (from Old English forweorpan), Middle English forcasten (“to reject, throw away") (from Old Norse forkasta), Middle English skirpen (“to reject, spew out") (from Old Norse skirpa (“to reject, spit out")), Middle English wernen (“to refuse, reject") (from Old English wiernan (“to refuse, reject")), Middle English withchosen, withchesen (“to reject, choose against") (from Old English wiþċēosan (“to reject")).

From Wiktionary
Middle English rejecten from Latin rēicere rēiect- re- re- iacere to throw yē- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition