reject

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

not to choose: P. ἀποκρίνειν.

refuse: P. and V. οὐ δέχομαι, δέχεσθαι, ἀπωθεῖν (or mid.), παρωθεῖν (or mid.), διωθεῖσθαι, ἀναίνεσθαι (Dem. and Plato but rare P.).

cast aside: P. and V. ἀφιέναι, ἐκβάλλειν, ἀποβάλλειν, ἀπορρίπτειν, V. ἐκρίπτειν.

despise: P. and V. καταφρονεῖν (acc. or gen.), Ar. and V. ἀποπτύειν; see despise.

neglect: P. and V. ἀμελεῖν (gen.), παραμελεῖν (gen.).

dislike: V. ἀποστέργειν; see dislike.

reject by voting: Ar. and P. ἀποχειροτονεῖν.

reject (candidates for office) after scrutiny: P. ἀποδοκιμάζειν.