rejected
AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
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]