reject
IPA: rɪdʒˈɛkt
noun
- Something that is rejected.
- (derogatory, slang) An unpopular person.
- (colloquial) A rejected defective product in a production line.
- (aviation) A rejected takeoff.
verb
- (transitive) To refuse to accept.
- (basketball) To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.
- To refuse a romantic advance.
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Examples of "reject" in Sentences
- The board rejected the proposal.
- Humanism rejects the supernatural.
- The Commons rejected the amendment.
- The separatists reject the proposal.
- The truce was rejected by the rebels.
- The College rejected the registration.
- But the truce was rejected by the rebels.
- Atheism to me is the rejection of theism.
- Calvinism rejected the ethic of compassion.
- The proposal was rejected in the referendum.
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