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In some senses, reject is marked as derogatory, slang, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.
reject
UK /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkt/ US /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkt/
noun 4verb 3
Definitions
verb
1
To refuse to accept; to forswear.
She even rejected my improved offer.
One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.
2
To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.
3
To refuse a romantic advance.
I've been rejected three times this week.
It's unexpected / It usually is / When you're rejected / Or you take a hit
noun
1
Something that is rejected.
Almost all line segments will be trivial accepts or trivial rejects, so the above covers the vast majority of cases.
2
An unpopular person.
3
A rejected defective product in a production line.
In all of India, China, Africa, and much of the southern American continent, those who had the leisure and wallet for fashion […] would have killed for the street merchandise of Manhattan, as also for […] the reject china and designer-label bargains to be found in downtown discount emporia.
4
A rejected takeoff.
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