rejection

Roget category 610

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.1. Volition in general
›› 5.1.1. Acts of volition

#610. Rejection

noun

rejection, repudiation, exclusion — refusal etc. 764 — declination

verb

reject — set aside, lay aside — give up — decline etc. (refuse) 764 — exclude, except — pluck, spin — cast.
repudiate, scout, set at naught — fling to the winds, fling to the dogs, fling overboard, fling away, cast to the winds, cast to the dogs, cast overboard, cast away, throw to the winds, throw to the dogs, throw overboard, throw away, toss to the winds, toss to the dogs, toss overboard, toss away — send to the right about — disclaim etc. (deny) 536 — discard etc. (eject) 297, (have done with) 678.

adjective

rejected etc. v. — reject, rejectaneous^†, rejectious^† — not chosen etc. 609, to be thought of, out of the question

adverb

neither, neither the one nor the other — no etc. 536.

phrase

non haec in faedera [Lat.].

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