| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
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| Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers | | Division (I) Individual Volition | | Section I. Volition in General |
| 1. Acts of Volition |
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| 610. Rejection. |
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| NOUN: | REJECTION, repudiation, exclusion; refusal [See Refusal]; declination, declinature, withdrawal; averseness.
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| VERB: | REJECT; set -, lay- aside; give up; decline (refuse) [See Refusal]; exclude, except; pluck up, spurn, cast out.
REPUDIATE, scout, set at naught; fling -, cast -, throw -, toss- -to the winds, - to the dogs, - overboard, - away; send to the right-about; disclaim (deny) [See Negation]; discard (eject) [See Ejection], (have done with) [See Disuse].
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| ADJECTIVE: | REJECTED &c. v.; rejectaneous [obs.], rejectitious [obs.], declinatory; not chosen [See Choice], not to be thought of; out of the question; “declined with thanks.”
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| ADVERB: | NEITHER, neither the one nor the other; no [See Negation].
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| QUOTATION: | Non hæc in fœdera. |
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