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reject

/'ri,dʒɛkt/

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verb
refuse entrance or membership
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"Black people were often rejected by country clubs"

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refuse turn away turn down

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admit
verb
deem wrong or inappropriate
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disapprove

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judge pass judgment evaluate
verb
resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
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"His body rejected the liver of the donor"

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refuse resist

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respond react
verb
refuse to accept
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decline pass up refuse turn down
noun
the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
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cull

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deciding decision making
verb
reject with contempt
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disdain freeze off pooh-pooh scorn spurn turn down

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refuse decline
verb
dismiss from consideration or a contest
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eliminate rule out winnow out
verb
refuse to accept or acknowledge
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"I reject the idea of starting a war" "The journal rejected the student's paper"
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accept

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evaluate pass judgment judge

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