What does reject mean?
Reject means (transitive) To refuse to accept; to forswear..
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/ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkt/ · verb
(transitive) 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.
I've been rejected three times this week.
It's unexpected / It usually is / When you're rejected / Or you take a hit
Almost all line segments will be trivial accepts or trivial rejects, so the above covers the vast majority of cases.
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.
Use reject when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Reject means (transitive) To refuse to accept; to forswear..
Common synonyms include abjure, abnegate, decline, deny.
Possible antonyms include accept, take up, sanction, have.
She even rejected my improved offer.
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