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reject
Part of speech: VerbTo throw away as worthless; refuse to take; decline; as, to reject a gift; refuse to agree to; as, to reject a suggestion.
Part of speech: NounRejecter, rejector.
Usage examples "reject":- The theory of the defence does great credit to my learned friend's imagination, but it is one which I am sure the jury will reject as too highly coloured. - "The Hampstead Mystery", John R. Watson.
- It lies with me to approve or reject." - "The Henchman", Mark Lee Luther.
- He flung the words upon the wind, which scattered them as soon as they were uttered, merely that he might give them a bitter denial, reject for himself, now and always, the temper they expressed. - "The Marriage of William Ashe", Mrs. Humphry Ward.