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
noun
rejects
A rejected thing or person.
Webster's New World
A foolish or socially inept person.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Reject

Noun

Singular:
reject
Plural:
rejects

Origin of Reject

  • 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

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