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”).
Meanings
Something that is rejected.
Almost all line segments will be trivial accepts or trivial rejects, so the above covers the vast majority of cases. 1996, Jim Blinn, Jim Blinn's Corner: A Trip Down the Graphics Pipeline, page 127:
(derogatory, slang) An unpopular person.
(colloquial) A rejected defective product in a production line.
In all of India, China, Africa, and much of the southern American continent, those who had the leisure and wallet for fashion […] would have killed for the street merchandise of Manhattan, as also for […] the reject china and designer-label bargains to be found in downtown discount emporia. 2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 6:
hu kiszuperált holmi (something that is rejected) · hu selejt (something that is rejected) · hu kiselejtezett holmi (something that is rejected) · mi whakarerenga (something that is rejected) · es artículo defectuoso (something that is rejected) · fi hylky (something that is rejected) · fi rejekti (something that is rejected) · mi paruranga (something that is rejected) · fi hylkiö (slang: an unpopular person) · es marginada (slang: an unpopular person) · es marginado (slang: an unpopular person) · bg бракуван продукт (something that is rejected) · pdt Aufgank (something that is rejected) · pl odrzut (something that is rejected)
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”).
Meanings
(transitive) To refuse to accept; to forswear.
She even rejected my improved offer.
One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.
(transitive) To refuse a romantic advance.
It's unexpected / It usually is / When you're rejected / Or you take a hit 2011, Lenka, Ben H. Allen, “Roll with the Punches”, in Two, performed by Lenka:
es desestimar (to refuse to accept) · kk қағажулау (to refuse to accept) · te తిరస్కరించు (to refuse to accept) · got 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (to refuse to accept) · izh hylätä (to refuse to accept) · gd rach an aghaidh (to refuse to accept) · mi whakahoe (to refuse to accept) · km ច្រានចោល (to refuse to accept) · hi अस्वीकार करना (to refuse to accept) · ca rebutjar (to refuse to accept) · tl itanggi (to refuse to accept) · nan-hbl khì-choa̍t (to refuse to accept) · ru отмета́ть (to refuse to accept) · grc ἀθετέω (to refuse to accept) · nan-hbl kū-choa̍t (to refuse to accept) · mi ākiri (to refuse to accept) · da afvise (to refuse to accept) · sv avslå (to refuse to accept) · el απορρίπτω (to refuse to accept) · ru отмести́ (to refuse to accept) · mi hape (to refuse to accept) · fi torjua (to refuse to accept) · ro refuza (to refuse to accept) · cs zamítnout (to refuse to accept) · no avvise (to refuse to accept) · es rechazar (to refuse to accept) · hu elutasít (to refuse to accept) · ru отвергать (to refuse a romantic advance) · uk відкида́ти (to refuse to accept) · es dar un boche (to refuse a romantic advance) · nl afwijzen (to refuse to accept) · es chotear (to refuse a romantic advance) · hu kikosaraz (to refuse a romantic advance) · cmn 拒絕 /拒绝 (to refuse a romantic advance) · lt atmesti (to refuse to accept) · kk жоламау (to refuse to accept) · ar رَفَضَ (to refuse to accept) · eu atzera bota (to refuse to accept) · it respingere (to refuse to accept) · got 𐌱𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (to refuse to accept) · vi từ chối (to refuse to accept) · ko 거절하다 (to refuse to accept) · ro respinge (to refuse to accept) · fr rejeter (to refuse to accept) · nl verwerpen (to refuse to accept) · pl odrzucać (to refuse to accept) · ru отшивать (to refuse a romantic advance) · hu visszadob (to refuse to accept) · hu elvet (to refuse to accept) · cs odmítnout (to refuse to accept) · es inadmitir (to refuse to accept) · ca refusar (to refuse to accept) · ru отверга́ть (to refuse to accept) · no avslå (to refuse to accept) · sv avfärda (to refuse to accept) · th ปฏิเสธ (to refuse to accept) · az rədd etmək (to refuse to accept) · fi torjua (to refuse a romantic advance) · la negō (to refuse to accept) · ga eitigh (to refuse to accept) · cmn 拒絕 /拒绝 (to refuse to accept) · gd diùlt (to refuse to accept) · ja 拒絶する (to refuse to accept) · la spernō (to refuse to accept) · pt rejeitar (to refuse to accept) · kk бас тарту (to refuse to accept) · kk қабыл алмау (to refuse to accept) · sv avvisa (to refuse to accept) · eo malakcepti (to refuse to accept) · de verwerfen (to refuse to accept) · izh hylätä (to refuse a romantic advance) · hu visszautasít (to refuse to accept) · grc ἀναίνομαι (to refuse to accept) · gl rexeitar (to refuse to accept) · sa स्फुरति (to refuse to accept) · pl odrzucić (to refuse to accept) · tr reddetmek (to refuse to accept) · kk қабылдамау (to refuse to accept) · it rifiutare (to refuse to accept) · de zurückweisen (to refuse to accept) · de ablehnen (to refuse to accept) · eo malagnoski (to refuse to accept) · sv rata (to refuse to accept) · ang āweorpan (to refuse to accept) · es plaguear (to refuse to accept) · ru отве́ргнуть (to refuse to accept) · hy մերժել (to refuse to accept) · es dar boche (to refuse a romantic advance) · mi hoehoe (to refuse to accept) · is hafna (to refuse to accept) · uk відки́нути (to refuse to accept) · fi hylätä (to refuse to accept) · bg отхвърлям (to refuse to accept) · id menolak (to refuse to accept) · es bochar (to refuse a romantic advance) · es descartar (to refuse to accept) · kw denagha (to refuse to accept)