Reject (r-jkt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rejected; p. pr. & vb. n. Rejecting.]
Etymology: [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. 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.
2. 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. Hog. iv. 6.
3. To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request.
Syn. -- To repel; renounce; discard; rebuff; refuse; decline.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for reject; he lists it under renounce.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.