reject

Definition

  • verb: to refuse to believe, accept, or consider (something)
  • verb: to refuse to accept, consider, submit to, take for some purpose, or use
  • synonyms: discard, repudiate, abnegate

Examples

  • One way to save on clothing costs is to buy (factory) 'rejects'. [=clothes that are sold for a lower price because they have flaws]

  • She 'rejected' the package/letter [=she did not accept the delivery of the package, letter, etc.] and returned it unopened.

  • The patient's immune system 'rejected' the transplanted heart. = The patient 'rejected' the transplanted heart.

Movie quotes

  • (..) (ALL LAUGH) I understand it must be hard for you to accept that the true heir to the great Ragnar Lothbrok should turn out to be a cripple and a reject. (LAUGHS) So this is what the grunting of the little pigs was all about. SAXON CAPTAIN: No, not there! SAXON SOLDIER: Where shall I put them? (..)
    2017 TvShow: Vikings Title: On the Eve Season: 4 Episode 19