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Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers
Division (I) Individual Volition
Section I. Volition in General
1. Acts of Volition

610. Rejection.

   NOUN:REJECTION, repudiation, exclusion; refusal [See Refusal]; declination, declinature, withdrawal; averseness.
   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].
   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.”
   ADVERB:NEITHER, neither the one nor the other; no [See Negation].
   QUOTATION:Non hæc in fœdera.