reject

Everyday

1. To reject something is to refuse to accept, take or agree to it. tree →
2. To reject a person is to refuse to include them or to love them. tree →
3. A reject is something thrown out because it is faulty, or a person who has been turned away. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life a machine rejects a bent coin; a club may reject an idea. In science a body can reject a transplanted organ. In lessons about friendship pupils learn that being rejected hurts and how to include others. Phrases: «reject an offer», «reject an idea», «feel rejected».

Examples

• The vending machine rejected my old coin. tree →
• The class rejected the plan to have no break. tree →
• She felt rejected when nobody picked her for the team. tree →
• The factory throws away rejects with cracks in them. tree →
• He rejected the stranger's offer of a lift, which was the safe choice. tree →
• Our story was not rejected; it will be in the magazine! tree →
• A thousand names were proposed and rejected for a thousand silly reasons. tree →

Note

Stress: verb re-JECT, noun RE-ject. Noun of the action: «rejection». Opposite: «accept». It's always fine — and safe — to reject a stranger's offer of sweets or a lift.

In Jewish tradition

Tradition reads the rejection of the land by the spies' generation, and of God's statutes, as turning away from the covenant, which brings warning and punishment. In the primary lessons: In everyday life a machine rejects a bent coin; a club may reject an idea. In science a body can reject a transplanted organ. In lessons about friendship pupils learn that being rejected hurts and how to include others. Phrases: «reject an offer», «reject an idea», «feel rejected».

Examples

• But your little ones, that ye said would be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have rejected. (Torah NUM.14.31, JPS 1917) tree →
• and if ye shall reject My statutes, and if your soul abhor Mine ordinances, so that ye will not do all My commandments, but break My covenant; (Torah LEV.26.15, JPS 1917) tree →
• The stone which the builders rejected is become the chief corner-stone. (Writings PSA.118.22, JPS 1917) tree →
• Refuse silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them. (Prophets JER.6.30, JPS 1917) tree →
• Thou canst not have utterly rejected us, and be exceeding wroth against us! (Writings LAM.5.22, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Stress: verb re-JECT, noun RE-ject. Noun of the action: «rejection». Opposite: «accept». It's always fine — and safe — to reject a stranger's offer of sweets or a lift.