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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
abandoned, belied, cast-off, castaway, confounded, confuted, contemned, declined, declined with thanks, deflated, denied, derelict, despised, disapproved, discarded, discounted, discredited, disdained, dismissed, disowned, disproved, disputed, excepted, excluded, exploded, exposed, forsaken, forsworn, ignored, impugned, invalidated, jilted, loveless, lovelorn, negated, negatived, not considered, outcast, outside the gates, outside the pale, overthrown, overturned, punctured, rebuffed, refused, refuted, renounced, repudiated, repulsed, scouted, shown up, spurned, unbeloved, uncherished, unloved, upset
Dictionary Results for rejected:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
rejected
    adj 1: rebuffed (by a lover) without warning; "jilted at the
           altar" [syn: jilted, rejected, spurned]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Reject \Re*ject"\ (r?-j?kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rejected; p.
   pr. & vb. n. Rejecting.] [L. rejectus, p. p. of reicere,
   rejicere; pref. re- re- + jacere to throw: cf. F. rejeter,
   formerly also spelt rejecter. See Jet a shooting forth.]
   1. To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.
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            Therefore all this exercise of hunting . . . the
            Utopians have rejected to their butchers. --Robynson
                                                  (More's
                                                  Utopia).
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            Reject me not from among thy children. --Wisdom ix.
                                                  4.
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   2. To refuse to receive or to acknowledge; to decline
      haughtily or harshly; to repudiate.
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            That golden scepter which thou didst reject.
                                                  --Milton.
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            Because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also
            reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me.
                                                  --Hos. iv. 6.
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   3. To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request.
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   Syn: To repel; renounce; discard; rebuff; refuse; decline.
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