Meaning

noun the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality

verb refuse to accept or acknowledge

verb refuse to accept

originFrom Late Middle English rejecten, from Latin reiectus, past participle of reicere (“to throw back”), from re- (“back”) + iacere (“to throw”). Displaced native Old English āweorpan (literally “to throw out”).

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