Reject

Definition: Reject

Reject

Noun

1. The person or thing rejected or set aside as inferior in quality.

Verb

1. Refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper".

2. Refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality".

3. Refuse to approve; "I disapprove of her child rearing methods".

4. Reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances".

5. Refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs".

6. Dismiss from consideration; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "reject" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Engineering & Technology

Environment

Food & Agriculture

Industry

Metallurgy

Mining

Post & Telecom

Public Administration

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Synonyms: Reject

Avoidance

Beat a retreat; turn tail, turn one's back; take to one's heels; runaway, run for one's life; cut and run; be off like a shot; fly, flee; fly away, flee away, run away from; take flight, take to flight; desert, elope; make off, scamper off, sneak off, shuffle off, sheer off; break away, tear oneself away, slip away, slink away, steel away, make away from, scamper away from, sneak away from, shuffle away from, sheer away from; slip cable, part company, turn one's heel; sneak out of, play truant, give one the go by, give leg bail, take French leave, slope, decamp, flit, bolt, abscond, levant, skedaddle, absquatulate, cut one's stick, walk one's chalks, show a light pair of heels, make oneself scarce; escape; go away; (depart); abandon; reject.

Ejection

Eject, reject; expel, discard; cut, send to coventry, boycott; chasser; banish; (punish); bounce ; fire, fire out; throw; throw out, throw up, throw off, throw away, throw aside; push; throw out, throw off, throw away, throw aside; shovel out, shovel away, sweep out, sweep away; brush off, brush away, whisk off, whisk away, turn off, turn away, send off, send away; discharge; send adrift, turn adrift, cast adrift; turn out, bundle out; throw overboard; give the sack to; send packing, send about one's business, send to the right about; strike off the roll; (abrogate); turn out neck and heels, turn out head and shoulders, turn out neck and crop; pack off; send away with a flea in the ear; send to Jericho; bow out, show the door to.

Exclusion

Xclude, bar; leave out, shut out, bar out; reject, repudiate, blackball; lay apart, put apart, set apart, lay aside, put aside; relegate, segregate; throw overboard; strike off, strike out; neglect; banish; (seclude); separate.; (disjoin).

Refusal

Verb: refuse, reject, deny, decline, turn down; nill, negative; refuse one's assent, withhold one's assent; shake the head; close the hand, close the purse; grudge, begrudge, be slow to, hang fire; pass.

Rejection

Verb: reject; set aside, lay aside; give up; decline; (refuse); exclude, except; pluck, spin; cast.

Adjective: rejected; Verb: reject, rejectaneous, rejectious; not chosen; to be thought of, out of the question

Relinquishment

Discard, cast off, dismiss; cast away, throw away, pitch away, fling away, cast aside, cast overboard, cast to the dogs, throw aside, throw overboard, throw to the dogs, pitch aside, pitch overboard, pitch to the dogs, fling aside, fling overboard, fling to the dogs; cast to the winds, throw to the winds, sweep to the winds; put away, turn away, sweep away; jettison; reject.

Crosswords: Reject

Tell me friend , when did Saruman the Wise reject reason for madness (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

Reject the basic assumptions of civilization, especially the importance of materiel possessions (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls)

He likes you, that's why he treats you like a reject from the outlet Mall (Get a Clue; writing credit: Alana Burgi)

Great, a Soul Train reject, with a Robin Hood complex (Undercover Brother; writing credit: Eran Merav)

I reject absolutely pride, aggression, and retaliation (Twin Peaks; writing credit: G. William Jones)

Collected by thoughts of eternal benevolence, hereby reject (Anarchy Through Capitolism; performing artist: Kottonmouth Kings)

Will you try and reject it (Erotica; performing artist: Madonna)

Umm I was looking so good I couldn't reject myself (Oops (Oh My); performing artist: Tweet)

We often fear being rejected so very much that we reject ourselves first before anyone else has the chance. (references; author: unknown)

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Books

• A Hand to Hold, an Opinion to Reject (Cathy Collection) (reference)

• Environmental Policy and Technological Innovation: Why Firms Adopt or Reject New Technologies (New Horizons in the Economics of Innovation Series) (reference)

• Heretics in the Temple: Americans Who Reject the Nation's Legal Faith (Critical America Series) (reference)

• Scripture Alone?: 21 Reasons to Reject Sola Scriptura (reference)

• The Awful Truth About Publishing: Why They Always Reject Your Manuscript and What You Can Do About It (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Reject All American (reference)

• Reject Me...First (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Let all those who consider war to be the better solution reject my outstretched hand. Credit: Library of Congress.

Accurate workmanship is required to make perfectly uniform shells for the Army. Inspectors are on the alert to reject those which fail to meet requirements. Oldsmobile, Lansing, Michigan. Credit: Library of Congress.

Put Britain first! : stop immigration, reject Common Market, ... Credit: Library of Congress.

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For how can people, when once they understand their system, fail to see in it the best possible plan of the best possible state of society? Hence, they reject all political, and especially all revolutionary, action; they wish to attain their ends by peaceful means, and endeavour, by small experiments, necessarily doomed to failure, and by the force of example, to pave the way for the new social Gospel. (reference)

Except in the cases provided for in No.(6) of the present paragraph, the French authorities reserve to themselves the right, in individual cases, to reject the claim to French nationality. (reference)

To reject it or ignore it or fritter it away will bring upon us all the long reproaches of the after-time. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

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Juvenal and Tacitus only reject it.

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Health

Your body may reject the new kidney, so one transplant may not last a lifetime. (references)

Patients take medications for life to reduce their body's immune system's ability to reject "foreign" organs. (references)

Future trials hopefully should build in laboratory studies to confirm or reject the principal underlying hypothesis. (references)

Business

The Commission may reject applications to acquire Mexican companies for national security reasons. (references)

The Korean Government is obligated to reject the notification within a certain number of days of filing or the investment is automatically approved. (references)

This means that if a pharmaceutical has marketing authority in one EU member country, then the pharmaceutical has to receive market approval for the other states within 90 days. A particular EU-member state may reject an application for serious reasons. (references)

Civil Liberties

Mexico

Although the Government does reject a few applications, usually due to incomplete documentation, the registration process is routine. (references)

Tanzania

Prior to the October 2000 elections, government officials called on political candidates to avoid using religion as a campaign issue and urged the public to reject religiously oriented campaigns. (references)

Bahrain

Under the 1963 Citizenship Law, the Government may reject applications to obtain or renew passports for reasonable cause, but the applicant has the right to appeal such decisions before the High Civil Court. (references)

Discrimination

Bosnia and Herzegovina

In the Dayton Accords, the parties agreed to reject discrimination on such grounds as sex, race, color, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, or association with a national minority; nevertheless, there were many cases of discrimination. (references)

Economic History

Singapore

Government officials reject such assertions. (references)

Korea

However, the bank will reject those notifications in sectors that prohibit foreign entry. (references)

Human Rights

Uzbekistan

Lawyers may, and occasionally do, call on judges to reject such confessions and to investigate claims of torture. (references)

Togo

Those who reject the traditional ruling may take their cases to the regular court system, which is the starting point for cases in urban areas. (references)

Rwanda

The President nominates two candidates for each Supreme Court seat, and the National Assembly may choose one or reject both; however, the latter is not known to ever have happened. (references)

Indigenous People

Venezuela

Few indigenous persons hold title to their land, but many do not want to because most indigenous groups reject the concept of individual property. (references)

Minorities

Nigeria

The Senate used its oversight role to reject many of Obasanjo's ambassadorial appointments and insisted on three nominees from each state for each appointment. (references)

Israel and the occupied territories

In October after the expiration of the most recent extension, under instructions from the Sharon government, the State Prosecutor's Office submitted an affidavit to the High Court asking it to reject the villagers' appeal, stating that the Government had legally appropriated the land and that the precedent of returning displaced persons to their villages would be used for propaganda and political purposes by the Palestinian Authority. (references)

Political Economy

Hungary

The Parliament has the authority to propose, review, adopt or reject all legislation, and can override presidential vetoes. (references)

THAILAND

In addition, they retain the right to accept or reject any or all bids at any time, may modify the technical requirements during the bidding process, and are not bound to accept the lowest bid. (references)

JORDAN

The law gives the tender-issuing department, as well as review committees at the Central Tenders and General Supplies Departments, the right to accept or reject any bid while withholding information on its decisions. (references)

Political Rights

Nepal

The National Assembly, or upper house, may amend or reject lower house legislation, but the lower house can overrule its objections. (references)

Vietnam

During the year, the National Assembly continued to engage in vigorous debate on economic, legal, and social issues and to exert its increasing power to revise or reject draft laws. (references)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

On March 3, an HDZ-organized "Croatian National Assembly" held in Mostar organized parallel government structures designed to establish a separate Croat government in Croat majority areas and instructed Croats to reject the newly elected Federation Government. (references)

Trade

Saudi Arabia

Quality control laboratories at ports of entry may reject products that are in violation of existing laws. (references)

Uzbekistan

Despite regulations to the contrary, customs officials routinely reject foreign certifications of conformity to these standards. (references)

Oman

All media imports are subject to censorship; e.g., the Ministry of National Heritage and Cultures may reject or expunge morally or politically sensitive material from imported videos. (references)

Worker Rights

Sierra Leone

The registrar may reject applications for several reasons, including an insufficient number of members, proposed representation in an industry already served by an existing union, or incomplete documentation. (references)

Guatemala

The majority of unions that engaged in collective bargaining during the year reported that some employers continued to reject the underlying premise of collective bargaining--that power in the workplace can be shared according to a contract between the employees and company management for the benefit of both. (references)

China

According to regulations posted at the entrances of many monasteries, monks are required to be "patriotic," and authorities require monks to: Sign a declaration agreeing to reject independence for Tibet; reject Gendun Choekyi Nyima, the boy recognized by the Dalai Lama as the 11th reincarnation of the Panchen Lama; reject and denounce the Dalai Lama; recognize the unity of China and Tibet; and not listen to the Voice of America. (references)

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Expressions using "reject": accept or reject ♦ printer's reject ♦ reject an offer ♦ reject goods. Additional references.

Beginning with "reject": reject-ion.

Ending with "reject": england-reject, oxfam-reject.

Afrikaans

weier (refuse). (various references)

Albanian

refuzoj (debar, decline, deny, disallow, disavow, disclaim, negative, override, overrule, rat, rebuff, refuse, relinquish, renounce, spurn, throw over, thumb down, withhold), vjell (belch, bring up, disgorge, eructate, puke, regorge, spew, spue, void, vomit), përjashtoj (bar, cast out, count out, dispense, disqualify, drop, eliminate, except, exclude, excommunicate, expel, forbid, foreclose, oust, rule out, score out, send down, weed out), nuk pranoj (decline, deny, differ, disapprove, disclaim, ignore, override, protest, push away, relinquish, renounce, repudiate, set aside, spurn, throw off, thumb down), nuk e mbaj, njeri i papërshtatshëm për ushtri, i papërshtatshëm (ill timed, ill-placed, ill-sorted, ill-suited, improper, inadequate, inapposite, inappropriate, inapt, incongruous, inconvenient, indecorous, ineligible, inept, infelicitous, out of place, unadaptable, unapt, unbecoming, unbefitting, undesirable, undue, unequal, unfavorable, unfavourable, unmeet, unsuitable, unsuited, unusable, wrong), hedh poshtë (censure, confute, contradict, controvert, decline, demolish, detrude, disclaim, disprove, dispute, knock out, push aside, rebut, refute, repudiate, sweep away, turn down, wave aside), flak (cast, cast off, chuck, clear out, fling, heave, hurl, pitch, scrap, throw, throw away), derdh (discharge, disgorge, dump, effuse, ejaculate, eject, empty out, escape, found, outpour, pay in, pour, pour off, pour out, run, scatter, shed, slop, spill, strew, tap, tip off, upset), caktoj si skarco, artikull i zhvleftësuar. (various references)

Arabic 

‏نبذ (cashier, centrifuge, dereliction, discard, dismiss, dismissal, forsake, rejection, relegate, reprobate, scrap, slough, throw away), ‏تقيأ (disgorge, gag, heave, puke, regurgitate, retch, spew, throw up, upchuck, vomit), ‏طرح (deduct, excrete, fling, floor, heave, lay, molt, moult, posit, put aside, put away, squirt, subtract, subtraction, take away, throw away, toss), ‏أبى (refuse), ‏رفض (decline, defy, denial, denied, deny, disallow, disapproval, disapprove, dismiss, ignore, negate, negation, negative, nix, objection, odium, overrule, pass up, rebuff, refusal, refuse, rejection, renouncement, repel, reprobate, repudiate, repudiation, repulse, scorn, set aside, throw out, throw over, toss, turn down), ‏رذل (be low, repulsive, vapid), ‏شخص منبوذ (pariah). (various references)

Bulgarian 

отстранявам (chase, cut away, eliminate, extirpate, fend off, get away, keep away, obviate, preclude, push aside, push away, remove, repel, send off, shake, sweep away, take out, weed out), отхвърлян кандидат, отблъсквам (avert, beat off, counter, drive back, estrange, fight off, foil, head off, jar, press back, push away, push back, put off, rebuff, repulse, resist, spurn, stave off, throw back, thrust aside, turn off, ward), нещо отхвърлено (outcast), не желая да имам нищо общо с, бракуван предмет, бракувам (condemn, cull, dispense, scrap), повръщам (be sick, bring up, cat, disgorge, gulp up, puke, regorge, regurgitate, sick up, throw up, vomit), изхвърлям (bounce, cast aside, cast away, detrude, discharge, dump, ejaculate, eject, excrete, expel, out, project, push out, put out, relegate, sack, shoot out, spew, spill, spirt, spurt, throw, throw out, throw up, thrust forth, tip, turf out, vomit, whop). (various references)

Chinese 

駁回 (overrule, turn down), 罷黜 (ban, dismiss from office), 废弃物 (litter), �'斥 (eliminate, exclude, remove), 拚 (disregard, pat, stake all), �"�斥 (dismiss), �"� (discard, exclude, expel, renounce), 屏 (get rid of, hold back, keep control, put aside, screen), � �廢 (discard as worthless, report as worthless, scrap). (various references)

Czech

zavrhnout (cast away, cast off, discard, proscribe, reprobate, repudiate, throw over), zamítnout (dismiss, overrule, throw out, throw over, vote down), odmítnout (decline, deny, impeach, kill, rebuff, refuse, renege, repel, repudiate, repulse, snub, turn down, wave aside). (various references)

Danish

vægre sig (refuse), afvise. (various references)

Dutch

verwerpen (condemn, disapprove, disapprove of, rebuke), weigeren (refuse), afwijzen (refuse), afslaan (abase, abate, aberrate, beat off, cease, come to a halt, decrease, discount, go down, halt, knock off, lower, rebate, reduce the price, stop, strike off, turn, turning). (various references)

Esperanto

rifuzi (refuse), malakcepti voĉdone, malakcepti. (various references)

Faeroese

sýta (abnegate, deny, refuse), havna (refuse). (various references)

Finnish

rejekti, raakki (cull), torjua (avert, destroy, repress, tend off, ward off), susi (dud, wolf), poiste, hylkypuu (waste timber), hylky (refuse, waste, wreck), hylkiä (despise), hylkäys (refusal), hylkääminen (abandonment, declining, desertion, refusal, rejection), hylättiin (was turned down), hylätä (abandon, cancel, decline, desert, disallow, discard, dismiss, disown, forsake, leave, refuse), evätä (refuse). (various references)

French

rejeter (refuse, refute, repudiate, repulse), rejet (rejection, repudiation, repulse), refuser (refuse, repudiate). (various references)

Frisian

wegerje (refuse), ôfwize (refuse), ôfstimme (accommodate, adapt, adhere, adjust, attune, conform, fit, fix, mount, place, tune), ôfstegerje, ôfslaan (abase, abate, aberrate, decrease, discount, lower, rebate, reduce the price, turn), ôfkitse (refuse). (various references)

German

ausschlagen (be deflected, beat out, bowl out, bud, burgeon, germinate, hit out, kick, kick out, knock out, lash out, redound, refuse, start to bud, swing round, turn down, waive), verwerfen (abolish, abort, brush aside, condemn, discard, dismiss, overrule, quash, rejection, reprobate, to overrule, to reprobate), Ausschuss (board, caucus, committee, exit point, exit wound, rejects, trash), ablehnen (challenge, decline, disallow, disapprove of, disclaim, object, oppose, opt out, overrule, quash, refuse, repudiate, spurn, throw out, to decline, to defeat, to deprecate, to depreciate, to disclaim, to disown, to refuse, to repudiate, to turn down, turn down, vote out). (various references)

Greek 

απορρίπτω (cast, disallow, discard, disclaim, fail, overrule, refuse, scout, shed, turn down). (various references)

Hebrew 

מוצר פ�'ום, מוצר פסול, למאוס (abhor, despise, detest, hate), לשקץ (abhor, detest, loathe), לפרוע (abandon, cause disturbance, riot), לפסול (cancel, disallow, disqualify, illegalize, invalidate, rule out), לז� וח (abandon, desert, forsake, lay aside), ל� אר (abhor, abuse, despise), �"ח�" (postpone). (various references)

Hungarian

selejt (brack, production losses, refuse, rejectamenta, scrap, shorts, spoilage, waste, waste matter, wastrel). (various references)

Icelandic

neita (abnegate, deny, refuse), afþakka. (various references)

Indonesian

menyisihkan (separate out, set aside), mengenggani, mengapkir (ban, condemn, prohibit), membuang (banish, cast, dump, outcast). (various references)

Italian

rifiutare (decline, deny, disallow, rebut, refuse, repudiate, spurn, throw over, turn down, withhold), rigettare (puke, throw again), scarto (board, difference, discard, margin, rejection, run out, scrap, wastage, waste), rifiutarsi (refuse). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

リサジューの図形 (fracture, Lissajous's figure, list, list broker, listing, lithograph, lizard, lizardman, lysine, reconstruction, reserve, restart, restore, restructure, restructuring, result, resurrection, RISC, risk, risk control, risk factor, risk finance, squirrel, wrist, wristband). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

リジェクト . (various references)

Korean 

불량�'�. (various references)

Malay

menolak (refuse). (various references)

Manx

jiooldey (cast off, deny, disclaim, dismiss, disown, dissent, eliminate, exclude, negate, negation, negative, refuse, rejection, renouncement, repudiate, repudiation, spurn, traverse), jiooldag. (various references)

Norwegian

takke nei til, nekte (abnegate, denigh, deny, refuse). (various references)

Papiamen

nenga (abnegate, deny, refuse). (various references)

Pig Latin

ejectray.(various references)

Portuguese

recusar (balk, challenge, confute, decline, deny, dismiss, pill, pish, put back, rebut, refuse, reprobate, repulse, set aside, turn down, withhold), rejeitar (cast off, condemn, confute, daff, deny, disapprove, disavow, disclaim, get up the better, negative, overrule, pill, pip, put by, rebuff, rebut, refuse, renounce, repel, reprobate, repudiate, repulse, throw-out, turn down), rejeição (cast-off, condemnation, disallowance, dismissal, dismission, rebuttal, refusal, rejection, renouncement, renunciation, repudiation, veto), refugo (cull, dirt, garbage, jetsam, mullock, offal, offscourings, raffle, refuse, riffraff, rubbish, scum, spoilage, trash, trumpery, waste). (various references)

Romanian

respinge (alienate, beat back, blackball, cast away, check, confute, decline, deny, disaffirm, discard, disprove, except, fend, force back, kill, leave, negate, negative, overrule, plough, rebuff, rebut, recess, refuse, refute, relinquish, repel, repudiate, repugn, repulse, return, throw out), refuza (decline, deny, disallow, foreclose, jib at, put back, rebut, refuse, repudiate, repulse, resist), rebuta (scrap), rebut (jetsam, refuse, rubbish, scrap, scum, spoilage, trash), vomita (disgorge, fetch up, heave, puke, regorge, spew, throw up, vomit), persoanã respinsã la recrutare, pãrãsi (abandon, cast off, cease, clear, desert, drop, evacuate, fail, flee, forsake, jilt, leave, quit, relinquish, renounce, surrender, throw, vacate), lepãda (cast, drop, fling, hurl, relinquish, renounce, shed, slink, slip, throw), evacua (clear, eject, evacuate, evict, loosen, oust, remove), dezaproba (censure, condemn, deprecate, disallow, disapprove, disapprove of, disavow, discommend, discountenance, disfavor, disfavour, dispraise, reprobate), deşeu (refuse, remnant), da la rebut, arunca (bowl, cast, cast aside, cast away, cast off, chuck, cob, dart, dash, deliver, discard, drop, fling, huddle on, hurl, jet, jettison, launch, peg, pelt at, pitch, pluck, plump, plunge into, precipitate, project, put, rush, send, shoot, slam, sling, throw, throw away, throw off, throw out, toss, tumble), alege (appear, become, choose, churn, cull, decide, distinguish, elect, extract, glean, Peel, pick, pick on, pick out, refuse, remain, result, return, screen, select, separate, shell, sift, single out, sort, sunder, take one's choice, winnow). (various references)

Russian 

уцененный товар, отказываться (abdicate, abjure, abnegate, decline, deny, disavow, disclaim, disown, fail to, forgo, forsake, forsaken, forsook, recede, refuse, refused, renounce, repudiate, resign, waive, waived), отказывать (deny, fail, refuse), отклонять (decline, deflect, divert, lead off, set ~ aside, set aside, turn aside, turn down), отвергать отказ (spurning), отвергать (cast aside, disallow, discard, discarding, jettison, negate, negative, override, overrule, rebut, refuse, refuse to admit, rejecting, repel, repudiate, repulse, spurn, turn down, vote down), отбрасывать (cast aside, cast away, cast out, throw aside, toss aside), забраковывать, браковать (condemn, disapprove, disapprove of, rebuke), бракованное изделие, признанный негодным, изрыгать (belch, disgorge, eructate, regorge, regurgitate), извергать (disgorge, ejaculate, eject, eructate, erupt, excrete, regurgitate, spew, spout). (various references)

Scottish

ob (avoid; fail, give in or over, refuse). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

odbiti (cast aside, counter, decline, deduct, deny, disallow, dock, drive back, fend off, fight off, keep off, knock off, overrule, parry, rebuff, reflect, refuse, repel, repudiate, repulse, stave off, strike up, throw back, turn away, turn back, turn down, ward off, wean), odbaciti (abandon, cast aside, cast away, disallow, discard, dismiss, leave, off it, repel, repudiate, repulse, set apart, throw away, toss off), odbačen (cast off, castoff, derelict, dump, forlorn, off-cast, thrown, turndown), nešto odbijeno, škartirati, škart (spoilage, write-offs). (various references)

Spanish

rechazar (ban, beat back, beat off, defeat, deny, deprecate, disallow, disavow, discard, disclaim, discourage, dismiss, disown, drive back, fend, fend off, fight off, hand off, hold off, negative, overrule, Parry, pass up, press back, push back, put aside, rebuff, rebut, refuse, repel, repudiate, repulse, say no to, scout, set aside, Spike, spurn, stave off, stem, throw back, throw out, thrust aside, turn away, turn down, vote down, vote out, ward off, wave aside, wave away), suspender (abate, adjourn, ban, call off, catch, discontinue, fail, flunk, hang, hang up, hold up, knock off, lay aside, lay by, lay off, leave off, pip, pluck, stay, stop, suspend), rehusar (decline, deny, jib, refuse), desecho (cast off, cull, discard, dross, refuse, rejected article, rubbish, throw out). (various references)

Sranan

weygri (refuse), mombi (refuse). (various references)

Swedish

tillbakavisa (deny, field, overrule, refuse, refute, repel), slopa (abolish, break down, demolish, dismantle, pull down, take down), rata (refuse, scorn), förkasta (cast off, denounce, disallow, disapprove, disavow, discard, jettison, kill, negative, overrule, reprobate, repudiate, throw overboard, turn down), avstöta. (various references)

Thai

บอกปั�" (rebuff), อาเจียน (cat), ปฏิเสธ (gainsay, negate, spurn), คนหรือสิ่งที่ถูกปฏิเสธ. (various references)

Turkish

reddetmek (abnegate, cast off, challenge, controvert, damn, declare off, deny, disaffirm, disallow, disapprove, disavow, disdain, dismiss, disown, dispute, draw the line, fall down, gainsay, negate, negative, Nix, overrule, protest, quash, rebut, refuse, refute, renege, renounce, repel, repudiate, rule out, scout, set aside, spurn, take objection to, throw out, turn back, turn down, turn thumbs down on, veto, wave aside), kusmak (bring up, cast, disgorge, feed the fishes, heave, puke, spew, spew forth, spew out, spew up, spue, spue forth, spue out, spue up, throw up, upchuck, vomit), kabul etmemek (cast to the winds, decline, disapprove, disclaim, gainsay, refuse, repudiate, rule out, rule smth. out of order, turn thumbs down on, wave aside), istememek (be undesirous of, hate, jib, not to want, wave aside), işe yaramaz (dud, fiddling, good for nothing, idle, it's no use, no good, noneffective, non-effective, null, of no avail, of no use, offcast, otiose, out, refuse, unfit, unserviceable, useless, weedy), geri çevirmek (decline, fall down, rebuff, refuse, repel, repulse, reverse, spurn, turn away, turn back), defolu mal (rejection, waster, wastrel), çürüğe çıkan kimse, çıkarmak (bare, belch, blank, bring out, bruit about, deduct, delete, derive, disconnect, dislocate, dislodge, dismantle, displace, divest, doff, draw off, draw out, drive out, drop, educe, eject, elicit, eliminate, emit, enact, enucleate, evolve, exclude, excogitate, excrete, exhale, exhaust, expel, expunge, extract, extricate, extrude, exude, foot, foot up, give forth, give off, haul up, hawk, issue, let out, make out, omit, order off, order out, oust, out, pay off, present, print out, provoke, publish, pull off, put off, put out, put up, remove, rest, rout out, rout up, rule out, scratch, shoot out, slip off, spew forth, spew out, spew up, spit, start, stick out, strike, strike off, strike through, strip, strip off, subtract, take, take from, take off, take out, throw off, throw out, tide over, touch off, uncase, unfix, vent, void, vomit, winkle out, wipe out, wipe up, work out, wreak), ıskartaya çıkarmak (cull, discard, scrap), ıskarta (cull, discard, rejection, throw out, waste product, waster, wastrel, weedy). (various references)

Turkmen 

ret etmek (deflect, dissuade). (various references)

Ukrainian

відхиляти (avert, challenge, divert, ignore, lead off, negative, non-concur, override, repel, repudiate, ride over, swerve, turn aside), відкидати (abnegate, baffle, balk, brush away, cast aside, cast away, deny, disapprove, discard, divest, doff, forswear, jettison, negate, negative, non-concur, override, overturn, push back, rebut, reprobate, repudiate, set aside, throw aside, throw away, toss aside, turn down, wave aside, wave away), визнаний непридатним, не визнавати (renounce), забракувати, брак (brack, dearth, defect, deficiency, discard [tech.], spoilage, waster). (various references)

Vietnamese 

vật bị loại (rejection), vật bỏ đi (cast-off, rejectamenta, rubbish). (various references)

Welsh

llysu, gwrthod (deny, refuse). (various references)

Zulu

-ala (refuse). (various references)

ku�um, zag . . . tag. (various references)

abdicamus, abdico, abicere, abicis, abicit, abicite, abicitis, abicitur, abnegantes, abnegaverunt, abneges, abneget, abnuo, antiqua, antiquas, antiquo, aspernabantur, aversantium, aversatur, aversatus, averseris, aversor, denego, detracta, detractant, detractaque, expellam, expelle, expellens, expellere, expellerent, expelleret, expellet, expelletur, expelli, expellit, expellitur, expulerat, expulerunt, expuli, expulisti, expulistis, expulit, expulsi, expulsus, recusantes, recusare, recuso, reiciendum, reiecta, renuntia, renuntiabo, renuntiare, renuntiassent, renuntiat, renuntiate, renuntiatum, renuntiaveris, renuntiaverunt, renuntiavit, renuntiavitque, renuntient, renuntiet, renuo, reproba, reprobabitur, reprobare, reprobari, reprobassent, reprobastis, reprobat, reprobatum, reprobatus, reprobaverunt, reprobo, repudiata, repudiatam, repulsa, respuere, respuistis, respuo, vetare, vetat, vetati, vetatur, veteris, vetetur, vota, voto. (various references)

reprobare. (various references)

forseon. (various references)

taraha. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "reject": rejected, rejectee, rejectees, rejecter, rejecters, rejecting, rejectingly, rejection, rejections, rejective, rejector, rejectors, rejects. (additional references)

Words containing "reject": antirejection. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Reject" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dreject, radjick, rajic, reje, rejest, rejet, rejut, repect, resect, retect, rjet, roject, Rujeka. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: eject, erect, terce.

-2 letters: cere, cete, jeer, jete, rete, tree.

-3 letters: cee, ere, jee, jet, rec, ree, ret, tee.

-4 letters: er, et, re.

+1 letter: ejector, reeject, rejects.

+2 letters: ejectors, reejects, reinject, rejacket, rejected, rejectee, rejecter, rejector, reobject.

+3 letters: interject, projected, reejected, reinjects, rejackets, rejectees, rejecters, rejecting, rejection, rejective, rejectors, reobjects, trajected.

+4 letters: conjecture, electrojet, interjects, projectile, projective, reejecting, reinjected, rejacketed, rejections, reobjected, surjective.

+5 letters: conjectured, conjecturer, conjectures, electrojets, interjected, interjector, introjected, megaproject, projectable, projectiles, reinjecting, reinjection, rejacketing, rejectingly, reobjecting, superjacent.