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• n  the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
• v  refuse to accept or acknowledge
  I reject the idea of starting a war
  The journal rejected the student's paper
• v  refuse to accept
• v  deem wrong or inappropriate
• v  reject with contempt
• v  resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
  His body rejected the liver of the donor
• v  refuse entrance or membership
  Black people were often rejected by country clubs
• v  dismiss from consideration or a contest

• Today, many religious groups routinely reject some or all mainstream health care on theological grounds, including Christian Scientists, Jehovah's Witnesses, Amish and .
• It's time for the French to reject those outdated labels.
• We reject this interpretation," Balkenende said after Fitna was released.

• cull
• refuse
• pass up
• turn down
• decline
• disapprove
• spurn
• freeze off
• scorn
• pooh-pooh
• disdain
• resist
• turn away
• rule out
• eliminate
• winnow out

• accept
• approve
• admit

News & Articles

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• Colombia: Congress should reject law reforming the military justice system
  Members of Colombia ’s Congress should reject a proposed law which will shield members of the armed forces and the police from justice for crimes under international law. June 12, 2013 Members of Colombia ’s Congress should reject a proposed law whose purpose is to give greater powers to the military justice system and which will shield members of the armed forces and the police from justice for ...
  June 12, 2013 - Amnesty International
• Democrats reject GOP No Child Left Behind option
  Democrats reject GOP No Child Left Behind option Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 1:56 pm, Tuesday, June 11, 2013 WASHINGTON (AP) — The good intentions of No Child Left Behind have not yielded good policy, the Democratic chairman of the Senate education panel said Tuesday as ...
  June 12, 2013 - San Francisco Chronicle
• Democrats reject GOP No Child Left Behind option
  Democrats reject GOP No Child Left Behind option Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 1:56 pm, Tuesday, June 11, 2013 WASHINGTON (AP) — The good intentions of No Child Left Behind have not yielded good policy, the Democratic chairman of the Senate education panel said Tuesday as ...
  June 12, 2013 - San Francisco Chronicle

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in Forbes
  The president would have us believe there are two choices: keep all of our troops in Iraq or abandon these Iraqis,Obama said. "I reject this choice."
• Jesse Jackson Jr in ABC7Chicago.com
  I reject and denounce pay-to-play politics and have no involvement whatsoever in any wrongdoing,said Jackson in December 2008, on the day after Blagojevich was arrested.