reject

Meanings

Verb

• To refuse to accept.
• To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.
• To refuse a romantic advance.

Noun

• Something that is rejected.
• An unpopular person.
• A rejected defective product in a production line.
• A rejected takeoff.

Related

Similar words

• decline, refuse, turn down, repudiate, disown, abnegate, abjure, deny
• castaway
• outcast, castaway, alien
• RTO

Opposite words

• accept, take up

Origin

• From Late Middle English rejecten, from Latin rēiectus, past participle of reicio, from rē- + iacio. Displaced native Middle English forwerpen (from Old English forweorpan), Middle English forcasten (from Old Norse forkasta), Middle English skirpen (from Old Norse skirpa), Middle English wernen (from Old English wyrnan), Middle English withchosen (from Old English wiþċēosan).