reject

verb

1. (transitive)To refuse to accept; to forswear.

   “She even rejected my improved offer.”

   “One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.”

2. To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.
3. (transitive)To refuse a romantic advance.

   “I've been rejected three times this week.”

   “It's unexpected / It usually is / When you're rejected / Or you take a hit”

noun

1. Something that is rejected.

   “Almost all line segments will be trivial accepts or trivial rejects, so the above covers the vast majority of cases.”

2. (derogatory, slang)An unpopular person.
3. (colloquial)A rejected defective product in a production line.

   “In all of India, China, Africa, and much of the southern American continent, those who had the leisure and wallet for fashion […] would have killed for the street merchandise of Manhattan, as also for […] the reject china and designer-label bargains to be found in downtown discount emporia.”

4. A rejected takeoff.