reject
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(verb) refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper" |
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Related Words: brush aside, brush off, disbelieve, discount, discredit, dismiss, disregard, ignore, judge, push aside, recuse, renounce, reprobate, repudiate |
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Antonyms: accept |
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(verb) reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances" |
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Synonyms: disdain, freeze off, pooh-pooh, scorn, spurn, turn down |
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Related Words: brush off, decline, rebuff, refuse, repel, snub |
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(verb) refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs" |
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Synonyms: refuse, turn away, turn down |
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Antonyms: admit |
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(verb) refuse to approve; "I disapprove of her child rearing methods" |
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Synonyms: disapprove |
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Related Words: deprecate, deter, discourage, object |
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(verb) refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality" |
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Synonyms: decline, pass up, refuse, turn down |
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Related Words: bounce, dishonor, dishonour |
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(noun) the person or thing rejected or set aside as inferior in quality |
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Synonyms: cull |
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Related Words: deciding, decision making |
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(verb) dismiss from consideration; John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi." |
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Synonyms: eliminate, rule out |
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