reject

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1. the person or thing rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
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1. refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper"
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2. refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality"
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3. deem wrong or inappropriate; "I disapprove of her child rearing methods"
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4. reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances"
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5. resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor"
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6. refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"
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7. dismiss from consideration; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration"
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