reject

Meanings

• the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
• refuse to accept or acknowledge
  • "I reject the idea of starting a war"
  • "The journal rejected the student's paper"
• refuse to accept
• deem wrong or inappropriate
• reject with contempt
• resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
  • "His body rejected the liver of the donor"
• refuse entrance or membership
  • "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"
• dismiss from consideration or a contest

Synonyms

cull, decline, disapprove, disdain, eliminate, freeze off, pass up, pooh-pooh, refuse, resist, rule out, scorn, spurn, turn away, turn down, winnow out