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send (someone) away or on his or her or their way, turn one's
back on, Slang give (someone) the brush-off or US also the
brush, give (someone) his or her walking papers, Brit give
(someone) the boot: Ted proposed, but Alice rejected him. 3
throw away or out, discard, disown, jettison, eliminate, scrap,
Colloq junk, scratch: The inspector rejects all defective
merchandise.
--n. 4 second, irregular, discard, cast-off: The rejects are
sold at reduced prices in the factory shop.
rejection n. refusal, denial, repudiation, rebuff, dismissal, spurning,
renunciation, turn-down; cold shoulder, Slang brush-off or US
also brush, the (old) heave-ho: The union voted for the
rejection of management's offer of a 9.2 per cent increase. Her
advances were met with rejection.
rejoice v. delight, exult, glory, celebrate, revel, be happy or
delighted or pleased or overjoyed or elated or glad, Colloq be
tickled (pink): We all rejoiced to be home once again after the
ordeal.
rejuvenate
v. restore, refresh, reinvigorate, revitalize, revivify, renew,
reanimate, regenerate, recharge, breathe new life into: I think
a week in Barbados would rejuvenate me.
relapse v. 1 get back, backslide, fall back, lapse, slip back, regress,
retrogress, recidivate; go back, return, retreat, revert:
Lottie has relapsed into her bad habits. 2 decline,
deteriorate, weaken, degenerate, fail, fade, sink, sicken,
worsen, get or become worse: Just when we thought he was
improving, he relapsed into a coma and died.
--n. 3 backsliding, falling or going back, lapse, lapsing,
return, returning, reversion, reverting, regression, regressing,
retrogression, retrogressing, recidivism, apostasy: The
church's main concern was a relapse into idolatry. 4 decline,
deterioration, weakening, degeneration, failing, failure,
fading, sinking, worsening: Barry was getting better but has
now suffered a relapse.
relate v. 1 associate, connect, couple, link, tie, ally, correlate,