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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
reject
▶verb /rɪˈdʒɛkt/ 
  • 1 dismiss as inadequate or faulty.

    ■ refuse to consider or agree to.

  • 2 fail to show due affection or concern for.
  • 3 Medicine show a damaging immune response to (a transplanted organ or tissue).
▶noun /ˈriːdʒɛkt/ a rejected person or thing.
– derivatives
rejection noun,
rejective adjective (rare),
rejector noun.
– origin ME: from L. reject-, reicere ‘throw back’.



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