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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Reject \Re*ject"\ (r?-j?kt"), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Rejected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rejecting}.] [L. rejectus, p. p. of reicere, rejicere; pref. re- re- + jacere to throw: cf. F. rejeter, formerly also spelt rejecter. See {Jet} a shooting forth.]
1. To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.
Therefore all this exercise of hunting . . . the Utopians have rejected to their butchers. --Robynson (More's Utopia).
Reject me not from among thy children. --Wisdom ix. 4.
2. To refuse to receive or to acknowledge; to decline haughtily or harshly; to repudiate.
That golden scepter which thou didst reject. --Milton.
Because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me. --Hos. iv. 6.
3. To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request.
Syn: To repel; renounce; discard; rebuff; refuse; decline.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
rejected
adjective
1: cast off as valueless [syn: {castaway(a)}]
2: rebuffed (by a lover) without warning; "jilted at the altar" [syn: {jilted}, {spurned}]
3: something or someone judged unacceptable; "rejected merchandise"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
56 Moby Thesaurus words for "rejected": abandoned, belied, cast-off, castaway, confounded, confuted, contemned, declined, declined with thanks, deflated, denied, derelict, despised, disapproved, discarded, discounted, discredited, disdained, dismissed, disowned, disproved, disputed, excepted, excluded, exploded, exposed, forsaken, forsworn, ignored, impugned, invalidated, jilted, loveless, lovelorn, negated, negatived, not considered, outcast, outside the gates, outside the pale, overthrown, overturned, punctured, rebuffed, refused, refuted, renounced, repudiated, repulsed, scouted, shown up, spurned, unbeloved, uncherished, unloved, upset
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