The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Reject \Re*ject"\ (r?-j?kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rejected; p.
   pr. & vb. n. Rejecting.] [L. rejectus, p. p. of reicere,
   rejicere; pref. re- re- + jacere to throw: cf. F. rejeter,
   formerly also spelt rejecter. See Jet a shooting forth.]
   1. To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.
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            Therefore all this exercise of hunting . . . the
            Utopians have rejected to their butchers. --Robynson
                                                  (More's
                                                  Utopia).
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            Reject me not from among thy children. --Wisdom ix.
                                                  4.
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   2. To refuse to receive or to acknowledge; to decline
      haughtily or harshly; to repudiate.
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            That golden scepter which thou didst reject.
                                                  --Milton.
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            Because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also
            reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me.
                                                  --Hos. iv. 6.
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   3. To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request.
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   Syn: To repel; renounce; discard; rebuff; refuse; decline.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

reject
    n 1: the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as
         inferior in quality [syn: cull, reject]
    v 1: refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of
         starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper"
         [ant: accept]
    2: refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality" [syn:
       refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline] [ant:
       accept, have, take]
    3: deem wrong or inappropriate; "I disapprove of her child
       rearing methods" [syn: disapprove, reject] [ant: O.K.,
       approve, okay, sanction]
    4: reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances" [syn:
       reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh,
       disdain, turn down]
    5: resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign
       tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor"
       [syn: resist, reject, refuse]
    6: refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of
       fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"
       [syn: reject, turn down, turn away, refuse] [ant:
       admit, allow in, intromit, let in]
    7: dismiss from consideration or a contest; "John was ruled out
       as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This
       possibility can be eliminated from our consideration" [syn:
       rule out, eliminate, winnow out, reject]