rejected

Adjective
Synonyms: jiltedspurned

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. rebuffed (by a lover) without warning“jilted at the altar”Synonyms: jiltedspurned
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

Therefore all this exercise of hunting . . . the Utopians have rejected to their butchers.— Robynson (More's Utopia).[1913 Webster]
Reject me not from among thy children.— Wisdom ix. 4.[1913 Webster]

2.To refuse to receive or to acknowledge; to decline haughtily or harshly; to repudiate. [1913 Webster]

That golden scepter which thou didst reject.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
Because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me.— Hos. iv. 6.[1913 Webster]

3.To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request. [1913 Webster]

Syn: To repel; renounce; discard; rebuff; refuse; decline. [1913 Webster]

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