Crossword clues for rejecting
rejecting
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.
Therefore all this exercise of hunting . . . the Utopians have rejected to their butchers.
--Robynson (More's Utopia).Reject me not from among thy children.
--Wisdom ix. 4. -
To refuse to receive or to acknowledge; to decline haughtily or harshly; to repudiate.
That golden scepter which thou didst reject.
--Milton.Because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me.
--Hos. iv. 6. -
To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request.
Syn: To repel; renounce; discard; rebuff; refuse; decline.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of reject English)
Usage examples of "rejecting".
When a woman reacts to a man in an untrusting, rejecting, disapproving, or unappreciative way, he gives minus or penalty points.
And he had barely escaped being killed that first day which was fortunate since he had proved so helpful in the early Drop, and ever since: even to rejecting a chance to leave.
Not only were his paternal rights being denied, but why was his spouse, usually so understanding, suddenly rejecting him?
The most recent insult, that the dishfaced fosterling of Brekke's had Impressed three, rejecting Kylara, would be completely avenged.
The man was trying-and could have no idea that Aivas was deliberately rejecting space gear that was probably suitable in all respects.
Sallie closed her eyes and let the kiss linger, neither responding nor rejecting but letting time expand as his Mouth moved lightly over hers.
She got up and went over to the bookshelves, then began to run her finger across the spines of the books, considering and rejecting as she read the titles.
He’d wanted to apologize for the night before, when he’d hurt her by rejecting her offer of sympathy, but she’d put up that damned blank wall and refused to respond or let him make it up to her.
Rather, he had held himself away from the newcomer, not rejecting, but certainly not welcoming, either.
He was a logical man, but logic didn't mean rejecting everything he couldn't touch or see or taste.
By the power of rejecting I would be understood to mean the right of annulling a resolution taken by another.
And though the person possessed of the privilege of rejecting may likewise have the right of approving, yet this approbation passes for no more than a declaration, that he intends to make no use of his privilege of rejecting, and is derived from that very privilege.
He has already experienced 'n childhood his mother rejecting his father or directly rejecting him.
Now I will catch myself rejecting joyful appreciation and make time for it.
Now I will catch myself rejecting these opportunities to make love important in my life and make time for it.