v.
/
rɪˈdʒɛkt/
- dismiss as inadequate or faulty.
▸refuse to consider or agree to.
- fail to show due affection or concern for.
- Medicine show a damaging immune response to (a transplanted organ or tissue).
n.
/
ˈriːdʒɛkt/
a rejected person or thing.
Derivative
- rejection n.
- rejective adj. (rare).
- rejector n.
Etymology
ME: from L. reject-, reicere ‘throw back’.