απορρίπτω — meaning in English

English meaning

• disallow verb To refuse to permit something.
• discard verb To throw away or get rid of something no longer wanted.
• reject verb To refuse to accept, believe, or agree to something.
• reprobate adj Thrown away as having no value.
• repudiate verb To reject a claim, idea or association firmly and publicly, and to state that you want nothing to do with it.
• shed noun A small, simple structure used for storage or shelter, usually in a garden or yard.

Senses

απορρίπτω is used for these senses in English:

• disallow To reject as invalid, untrue, or improper.
• discard (transitive) To throw away, to reject.
• reject (transitive) To refuse to accept; to forswear.
• reprobate To refuse, set aside.
• repudiate (transitive) To refuse to have any relation to; to disown.

disallow — full definition

1. verb To refuse to permit something.
2. verb To reject something as false, invalid or wrong.
3. verb (law) For the monarch, acting with the Privy Council, to overrule a law passed by a colony.

discard — full definition

1. verb To throw away or get rid of something no longer wanted.
2. verb (card games) To throw out a card from one's hand.
3. noun Something, or a playing card, that has been thrown away or rejected.

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