Re·ject v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rejected; p. pr. & vb. n. Rejecting.]
  1. To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.
     Therefore all this exercise of hunting . . . the Utopians have rejected to their butchers.   --Robynson (More's Utopia).
     Reject me not from among thy children.   --Wisdom ix. 4.
  2. To refuse to receive or to acknowledge; to decline haughtily or harshly; to repudiate.
     That golden scepter which thou didst reject.   --Milton.
     Because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me.   --Hos. iv. 6.
  3. To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request.
  Syn: -- To repel; renounce; discard; rebuff; refuse; decline.
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  rejected
       adj 1: cast off as valueless [syn: castaway(a)]
       2: rebuffed (by a lover) without warning; "jilted at the altar"
          [syn: jilted, spurned]
       3: something or someone judged unacceptable; "rejected
          merchandise"