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reject

verb
/ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkt/

Etymology

From Late Middle English rejecten, from Latin reiectus, past participle of reicere (“to throw back”), from re- (“back”) + iacere (“to throw”). Displaced native Old English āweorpan (literally “to throw out”).

  1. derived from reiectus
  2. inherited from rejecten

Definitions

  1. To refuse to accept

    To refuse to accept; to forswear.

    • She even rejected my improved offer.

  2. To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.

  3. To refuse a romantic advance.

    • I've been rejected three times this week.
    • It's unexpected / It usually is / When you're rejected / Or you take a hit
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. Something that is rejected.

      • Almost all line segments will be trivial accepts or trivial rejects, so the above covers the vast majority of cases.

    2. An unpopular person.

    3. A rejected defective product in a production line.

    4. A rejected takeoff.

The neighborhood

Derived

bandreject, overreject, rejectability, rejectable, rejectate, rejected landing, rejected takeoff, rejectee, rejecter, rejector, rejectful, rejection, rejectionism, rejectionist, rejective, rejectment, rereject, unreject, initial reject

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at reject. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at reject. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at reject

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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