reject

nouns

the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality

cull, reject

refuse to accept or acknowledge

"I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper"

reject

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antonym

is a type of (narrower)

form a critical opinion of

"I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people"

refuse to accept

"He refused my offer of hospitality"

decline, pass up, refuse, reject, turn down

is derived from

deem wrong or inappropriate

"I disapprove of her child rearing methods"

disapprove, reject

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reject with contempt

"She spurned his advances"

disdain, freeze off, pooh-pooh, reject, scorn, spurn, turn down

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resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ

"His body rejected the liver of the donor"

refuse, reject, resist

refuse entrance or membership

"They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"

refuse, reject, turn away, turn down

antonym

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"

eliminate, reject, rule out, winnow out