rejeter — meaning in English
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English meaning
- discard verb To throw away or get rid of something no longer wanted.
- dismiss verb To fire someone from a job, or to formally end someone's employment.
- rebuff noun A sudden resistance or refusal.
- refute verb To prove that a claim or argument is false or wrong.
- reject verb To refuse to accept, believe, or agree to something.
- resist verb To try to stop or oppose something, or to refuse to give in to it.
- shun verb To deliberately avoid someone or something, often as a form of social rejection.
Senses
rejeter is used for these senses in English:
- discard (transitive) To throw away, to reject.
- dismiss (transitive) To reject; to refuse to accept.
- rebuff (transitive) To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out.
- refute (transitive, proscribed) To deny the truth or correctness of (something).
- reject (transitive) To refuse to accept; to forswear.
- resist (intransitive) To oppose; to refuse to accept.
- shun (transitive) To avoid, especially persistently; ostracize.
- throw away (transitive) To discard (trash, garbage, or the like), to toss out, to put in the trash.
discard — full definition
- verb To throw away or get rid of something no longer wanted.
- verb (card games) To throw out a card from one's hand.
- noun Something, or a playing card, that has been thrown away or rejected.
dismiss — full definition
- verb To fire someone from a job, or to formally end someone's employment.
- verb To refuse to take something seriously or to consider it worth thinking about.
- verb To tell someone they are free to leave.