reject

Definition

Examples

The board rejected the merger proposal due to excessive financial risks.

Word Family

Synonyms

• turn downhaving a meaning similar to reject
• declineto diminish in strength, value, or quality

Collocations

• Easy reject a telephone call
  to reject a telephone call, meaning to refuse to accept or acknowledge
• Medium reject an unsuitable job applicant
  to reject an unsuitable job applicant, meaning to refuse to accept or acknowledge
• Hard unanimously reject the unsolicited hostile takeover bid
  describing unanimously reject the unsolicited hostile takeover bid (of one mind; without dissent)
• Very Hard categorically reject baseless allegations of graft
  describing categorically reject baseless allegations of graft (in an unqualified manner)