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Noun
- the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
Verb
- 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
- refuse entrance or membership
- They turned away hundreds of fans
- Black people were often rejected by country clubs
- resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
- His body rejected the liver of the donor
- deem wrong or inappropriate
- I disapprove of her child rearing methods
- refuse to accept
- He refused my offer of hospitality
- refuse to accept or acknowledge
- I reject the idea of starting a war
- The journal rejected the student's paper