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present tense third-person singular of reject
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(Entry 1 of 2)
1
to be unwilling to grant
- rejected his request for time off
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2
to declare not to be true
- I reject the claim that I have ever lied about that
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3
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
- sorted through the nuts and rejected any that had cracked shells or were shattered
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- cashiers,
- casts (off),
- chucks,
- deep-sixes,
- discards,
- ditches,
- dumps,
- eighty-sixes
- (or 86es),
- exorcises
- (also exorcizes),
- flings (off or away),
- jettisons,
- junks,
- lays by,
- loses,
- pitches,
- scraps,
- sheds,
- shucks (off),
- sloughs (off)
- also sluffs (off),
- throws away,
- throws out,
- tosses,
- unloads
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4
to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to
- rejected his marriage proposal
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- abjures,
- forswears
- (also foreswears),
- recants,
- renounces,
- retracts,
- takes back,
- unsays,
- withdraws
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rejects
noun
plural of reject
Synonyms & Antonyms of rejects (Entry 2 of 2)
2
something separated from a group or lot for not being as good as the others
- that apple has a mushy spot on it, so it's a reject
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