reject

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1. refuse, decline, turn down; forbid, veto, disallow, interdict, proscribe, negative, say no to, Law. disaffirm; abnegate; turn thumbs down, turn a deaf ear to, brush off, brush aside, Sl. kiss off, turn away from, Inf. give [s.o.] the bum's rush, leave [s.o.] out in the cold, give [s.o.] the cold shoulder or the deep six; dismiss, oust, bump; give [s.o.] the gate or the air, show [s.o.] the door, throw [s.o.] to the dogs, send [s.o.] packing.

2. rebuff, slap down, repel, repulse, send away, cast aside; ignore, slight, disregard, shun, neglect, avoid, eschew; have no regard or use for, place no value on, set no store by, set at naught; Sl. cut [s.o.] dead.

3. renounce, give up, Inf. swear off, Inf. cut out; disclaim, disavow, forswear; repudiate, (usu. under oath) abjure, disown, disinherit; jilt, throw over, turn one's back on, wash one's hands of.

4. abandon, desert, forsake, leave behind; maroon, isolate, banish, relegate, ostracize; discard, throw away, cast off, Inf. junk, jettison; remove, exclude, leave out, rule out, pass over, eliminate, Inf. scratch; excise, tear out.

5. disbelieve, discredit, disprove, explode; negate, deny, gainsay, contradict, negative.

6. disapprove, disfavor, discountenance; disagree with, demur, take exception to, dispute; object to, protest, challenge, oppose, contravene, controvert; obstruct, thwart, traverse.

7. disdain, scorn, contemn, hold in contempt, disesteem, Archaic. disprize; flout, scout, spurn, snap one's fingers at; revile, mock, deride, ridicule, make fun of, scoff at, jeer at, sneer at, gibe, Fig. spit upon; abhor, despise, detest, misprize.

8. cast out or up, eject, expel; regurgitate, vomit, Inf. throw up, Inf. upchuck, Sl. puke, Sl. barf.

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9.a. discard, castaway, castoff, Inf. throw-out, (of cards) slough.b. second, irregular, Inf. mark-down, (pi.) rejectamenta, leftovers, leavings, spoils, remains; hand-me-downs; (of persons) outcast, derelict, dregs, rejectee.