Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

            Therefore all this exercise of hunting . . . the
            Utopians have rejected to their butchers. --Robynson
                                                  (More's
                                                  Utopia).

            Reject me not from among thy children. --Wisdom ix.
                                                  4.

   2. To refuse to receive or to acknowledge; to decline
      haughtily or harshly; to repudiate.

            That golden scepter which thou didst reject.
                                                  --Milton.

            Because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also
            reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me.
                                                  --Hos. iv. 6.

   3. To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request.

   Syn: To repel; renounce; discard; rebuff; refuse; decline.

Source : WordNet®

reject
     n : the person or thing rejected or set aside as inferior in
         quality [syn: {cull}]
     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}, {pass up}, {turn down}, {decline}] [ant: {accept}]
     3: deem wrong or inappropriate; "I disapprove of her child
        rearing methods" [syn: {disapprove}] [ant: {approve}]
     4: reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances" [syn: {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}, {refuse}]
     6: refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of
        fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"
        [syn: {turn down}, {turn away}, {refuse}] [ant: {admit}]
     7: 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"
        [syn: {rule out}, {eliminate}]