rejecting

verb

present participle of reject
1
as in denying
to be unwilling to grant rejected his request for time off

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2
as in refuting
to declare not to be true I reject the claim that I have ever lied about that

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3
as in discarding
to get rid of as useless or unwanted sorted through the nuts and rejected any that had cracked shells or were shattered

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4
as in refusing
to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to rejected his marriage proposal

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Recent Examples of rejecting As with any tax relief company, there are complaints about the IRS rejecting a settlement or the company not getting enough relief. — Nick Perry, USA Today, 2 July 2026 But by rejecting a public bill signing, Republicans worry that Trump is indicating a level of indifference to voters’ affordability concerns heading into November’s midterm elections. — Mary Clare Jalonick, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2026 In his June 12 ruling, Liman determined that Lively could pursue attorneys' fees and litigation costs as a prevailing defendant under the statute, while rejecting her efforts to recover treble damages and punitive damages. — Elizabeth Rosner, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026 Yes, Barrett and Roberts sided with the liberals in rejecting the Republican National Committee’s effort to invalidate state laws that accept mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day. — Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 30 June 2026 As LLMs and autonomous workflows proliferate, human judgment in curating, refining, and rejecting AI output becomes increasingly valuable. — Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026 But as Chief Justice Roberts observed, the men who wrote the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution after the Civil War defined citizenship in broad terms on purpose, rejecting the views of those who wanted to limit citizenship. — Nina Totenberg, NPR, 30 June 2026 Counting mail ballots after Election Day Also on Monday, the court ruled that states can count mail ballots that are cast by Election Day but arrive later, rejecting a GOP challenge to Mississippi's law for late-arriving ballots. — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 30 June 2026 Florida leads the nation with 375 active 287(g) agreements, and Attorney General James Uthmeier has previously threatened officials in Fort Myers and Key West with removal from office for rejecting such deals. — Jessica Lipscomb, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rejecting
  1. denying
  2. refuting
  3. discarding
  4. refusing
  5. declining
  6. dumping
  7. ignoring
  8. ditching
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  • But there’s no denying McIlroy was looking sleek with his Masters jacket, which was accompanied by a white shirt and green tie to match.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
  • Responsible leadership means proactively preparing the enterprise workforce for this imminent organizational down-sizing and structural workplace transition rather than denying its clear historical inevitability.
    — Barney Krishnan, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of denying
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  • The Whitney Houston estate is refuting Oprah Winfrey recalling that the late singer was high and fell off the stage during an appearance on her talk show.
    — Marc Malkin, Variety, 24 June 2026
  • Two other retired judges later published their own piece refuting Gilliard’s contention.
    — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 14 June 2026
Definition of refuting
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  • But the lawyer for suspect Iqbal Bacchus, 46, suggested Bacchus was selling wiring that the hospital was discarding.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 25 June 2026
  • The council also ordered up a measure doubling the amount of money allocated for the Department of Recreation and Parks, discarding an alternative plan that would have increased it by 50%.
    — Los Angeles City Hall, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026
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  • The lawsuit states that Kuka has singlehandedly caused irreparable harm to Boca View by refusing to abide by Florida law and the association’s own bylaws in order to further her self-serving agenda.
    — Nicole R. Kurtz, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026
  • While his blunt and disruptive approach can alienate others, the character illustrates that disruptive leaders often accelerate innovation by asking questions and refusing to accept the status quo.
    — Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of refusing
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  • After years of declining sales, American Girl dolls are seeing a resurgence.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • The state also has goals, including some that have been in place since 2012, that set declining limits on smog-causing pollutants and required automakers to sell increasing percentages of electric and hybrid vehicles through 2025.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
Definition of declining
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  • Achiuwa had a good run at the end of the season as the Kings were dumping games left and right.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 1 July 2026
  • The leaks are dumping gallons upon gallons of wastewater into the Merrimack River.
    — Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 30 June 2026
Definition of dumping
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  • Make Participation Effortless Reduce friction to the point where using it feels like less effort than ignoring it.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • For example, today, Americans might believe that the demands of racial equity or of evangelical Christianity are so pressing that executive power would be justified in ignoring the legislature or the judiciary to serve them.
    — Robert A. Ballingall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
Definition of ignoring
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  • None of this argues for ditching traditional government affairs work in Washington.
    — Frank Ahrens, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • For golf cart operators, that evolution absolutely begins by ditching archaic lead-acid relics engineered for a bygone era.
    — Malana VanTyler, USA Today, 24 June 2026
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