reject

(rĭ-jĕkt')
tr.v., -ject·ed, -ject·ing, -jects.

1. To refuse to accept, submit to, believe, or make use of.
2. To refuse to consider or grant; deny.
3. To refuse to recognize or give affection to (a person).
4. To discard as defective or useless; throw away. See synonyms at refuse¹.
5. To spit out or vomit.
6. Medicine. To resist immunologically the introduction of (a transplanted organ or tissue); fail to accept as part of one's own body.

n. (rē'jĕkt)
One that has been rejected: a reject from the varsity team; a tire that is a reject.

[Middle English rejecten, from Latin rēicere, rēiect- : re-, re- + iacere, to throw.]

rejecter re·ject'er or re·jec'tor n.
rejective re·jec'tive adj.

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is pronounced with the stress on the first syllable as a noun and with the stress on the second syllable as a verb.

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Data processing:

1. Transaction entered to a computer file that cannot be processed; for example, a customer change-of-address request for which the computer cannot find a record with the old address. In most cases, a person who reviews the rejects can resolve problems the computer could not and can then successfully reenter the transactions for processing.

2. Machine-processed item that cannot be processed, such as a damaged bar coded (see bar code) document that cannot be machine read and is rejected by the scanner.

Manufacturing: incorrectly manufactured item that fails to meet quality control standards or that a retailer will not accept for sale to consumers. Rejects are sometimes sold at discounted rates, particularly if the flaws are minor.

verb

1. To be unwilling to accept, consider, or receive: decline, dismiss, refuse, spurn, turn down. Slang nix. Idioms: turn thumbs down on. See accept/reject.
2. To refuse to recognize or acknowledge: deny, disacknowledge, disavow, disclaim, disown, renounce, repudiate. Idioms: turn one's back on. See accept/reject.

v

Definition: say no to
Antonyms: accept, allow, approve, choose, ratify, sanction

IN BRIEF: To refuse to accept, believe or act upon. Also: To throw away as useless.

The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about. — Wayne Dyer

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sign description: The fingertips of one hand flick outward across the palm of the opposite hand.

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For a list of words related to reject, see:

• Behavior or Personality
• Disapproval, Disrespect, and Denial - reject: (vb) refuse to accept or consider; rebuff; turn down

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See words rhyming with "rejector."

  See crossword solutions for the clue Reject.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - afvise, kassere, afslå, [med.] afstøde
n. - afvisning, kassation, afslag, forkastelse, afstødelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
afwijzen, afkeuren, verwerpen, afstoten, uitwerpen, afgekeurd voorwerp, persoon die afgekeurd is

Français (French)
v. tr. - (gén) rejeter, repousser, refuser, démentir, (Méd, Tech, Comput, Psych) rejeter
n. - (Comm) marchandise de deuxième choix, (fig) paria

idioms:

• reject out of hand    rejeter de la main

Deutsch (German)
n. - Ausschuß, Untauglicher
v. - ablehnen, nicht vertragen, abstoßen

idioms:

• reject out of hand    nicht im Zaume halten

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - απόρριμμα, σκουπίδι, απόβλητο, παλιόπραμα, σκάρτο, απόρριψη
v. - απορρίπτω, αποποιούμαι, αποκρούω

Italiano (Italian)
rigettare, sbarazzarsi di

Português (Portuguese)
n. - refugo (m)
v. - rejeitar, repelir, vomitar

Русский (Russian)
отвергать, отбрасывать, отсортировывать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - rechazar, no aceptar, descartar, desechar
n. - desecho

idioms:

• reject out of hand    rechazar sin discusión ni consideración

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - defekt vara
v. - förkasta, refusera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
拒绝, 抵制, 驳回, 去除, 丢弃, 否决, 被拒之人, 不合格品, 被弃之物

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 拒絕, 抵制, 駁回, 去除, 丟棄, 否決
n. - 被拒之人, 不合格品, 被棄之物

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 각하하다, 거절하다, 퇴짜 놓다
n. - 거부된 사람, 불합격자

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 拒絶する, 退ける, 捨てる, はね付ける, 演奏しないで飛ばす, 受け付けない, 拒絶反応を示す
n. - 拒否された人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) رفض (فعل) يرفض‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮דחה, פסל, זרק‬
n. - ‮מוצר פגום, פסול-שירות‬

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