## Meanings
1. To refuse to accept, agree to, or believe in something.
2. To refuse to accept someone, especially in love or friendship.
3. (of the body) To fail to accept a transplanted organ or tissue as its own.
4. A product that is thrown out because it has a fault.

## Examples
- The committee rejected our proposal without giving a reason.
- He was hurt when she rejected him in front of everyone.
- Doctors feared her body might reject the new kidney.
- These plates are sold cheaply because they are factory rejects.

## Synonyms
- abjure
- abnegate
- decline
- deny
- discount
- dismiss
- disown
- refuse
- repudiate

## Antonyms
- accept

## Derived Forms
- bandreject
- overreject
- rejectability
- rejectable
- rejectate
- rejectee
- rejecter
- rejectful
- rejection
- rejectionism
- rejectionist
- rejective

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *(H)yeh₁-
- Root: rejecten
- Root: reiectus

## 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”).

## AI Etymology
Reject comes 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”). Modern senses include to refuse to accept, agree to, or believe in something. and to refuse to accept someone, especially in love or friendship.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as bandreject, overreject, rejectability, rejectable, rejectate, and rejectee.

## Topics
- The Human Body

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