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reject - 9 definitions

- noun
1. cull -- the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
synonyms: cull
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
- verb
2. reject -- refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper"
antonyms: accept -- consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
3. refuse -- refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality"
synonyms: refuse, pass up, turn down, decline
antonyms: accept -- receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
4. disapprove -- deem wrong or inappropriate; "I disapprove of her child rearing methods"
synonyms: disapprove
antonyms: approve -- give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
5. reject -- reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances"
synonyms: spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
6. resist -- resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor"
synonyms: resist, refuse
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
7. reject -- refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"
synonyms: turn down, turn away, refuse
antonyms: admit -- allow to enter; grant entry to; "We cannot admit non-members into our club building"; "This pipe admits air"
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
8. rule out -- dismiss from consideration or a contest; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration"
synonyms: rule out, eliminate, winnow out
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
9. reject, refel -- to refuse to accept, consider, or make use of
synonyms: refel, rejects, rejected, rejecting, athetize
Source:OWL 2 Web Ontology Language
 
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accept -- consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument"
accept -- receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present"
approve -- give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies"
admit -- allow to enter; grant entry to; "We cannot admit non-members into our club building"; "This pipe admits air"

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