the person or thing rejected or set aside as inferior in quality;
dismiss from consideration; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration";
refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student''s paper";
reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances";
deem wrong or inappropriate; "I disapprove of her child rearing methods";
refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality";
refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs";
resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor";
