reject

/rɪˈdʒekt/ verb [T]

Definition

NOT ACCEPT › to refuse to accept or agree with something: The United States government rejected the proposal.

JOB/COURSE › to refuse to accept someone for a job, course, etc: I applied to Cambridge University but I was rejected.

PERSON › to not give someone the love or attention they were expecting: She felt rejected by her husband.

(Definition of reject verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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