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cull, reject

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

reject

v. refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper"

disapprove, reject

v. deem wrong or inappropriate; "I disapprove of her child rearing methods"

resist, reject, refuse

v. resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor"

rule out, eliminate, winnow out, reject

v. dismiss from consideration or a contest; "John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration"

refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline

v. refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality"

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apostatize, apostatise, tergiversate

v. abandon one's beliefs or allegiances

abjure, recant, forswear, retract, resile

v. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"

abnegate

v. deny or renounce; "They abnegated their gods"

disavow

v. refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with; "Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children"

disqualify

v. declare unfit; "She was disqualified for the Olympics because she was a professional athlete"

leave office, quit, step down, resign

v. give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"

demur

v. enter a demurrer

forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix

v. command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans"

invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify

v. declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"

deny

v. refuse to recognize or acknowledge; "Peter denied Jesus"

resist, hold out, withstand, stand firm

v. stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something

defy, withstand, hold, hold up

v. resist or confront with resistance; "The politician defied public opinion"; "The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear"; "The bridge held"

deal

v. behave in a certain way towards others; "He deals fairly with his employees"

tolerate

v. have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition; "The patient does not tolerate the anti-inflammatory drugs we gave him"

refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline

v. refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality"

neglect, ignore, disregard

v. give little or no attention to; "Disregard the errors"

repudiate

v. reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust; "She repudiated the accusations"

repel, repulse, fight off, rebuff, drive back

v. force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack"

refuse, decline

v. show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on a hike"

abstain, refrain, desist

v. choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol"

worsen, decline

v. grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"

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accept

v. consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument"

espouse, embrace, adopt, sweep up

v. take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"

choose

v. see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way; "She chose not to attend classes and now she failed the exam"

prefer

v. like better; value more highly; "Some people prefer camping to staying in hotels"; "We prefer sleeping outside"

approve, O.K., okay, sanction

v. give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies"

license, licence, certify

v. authorize officially; "I am licensed to practice law in this state"

lend oneself, apply

v. be applicable to; as to an analysis; "This theory lends itself well to our new data"

accept, consent, go for

v. give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution"

accept, take, have

v. receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present"

accept, admit, take, take on

v. admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"

adopt, borrow, take over, take up

v. take up and practice as one's own

receive, have

v. get something; come into possession of; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front"

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