reiterate, v. repeat over and over, go over and over, belabor, labor, dwell on, harp on, hammer or pound away at, hammer or pound or drive into [s.o.'s] head; thresh or thrash out or over, Inf rehash, run down; repeat, iterate, ingeminate. See also repeat (def. 1). reiteration, n. (all to an excessive degree) repetition, iteration, recapitulation, recital, restatement, rehearsal, the same thing all over again, Inf. rehash; redundancy, tautology, battology, pleonasm, reiterative, adj. redundant, pleonastic, battological, tautological, Inf broken-record; endless, unending, never-ending, everlasting, unrelenting; repetitive, repetitious, reiterant. reject, v. 1. refuse, decline, turn down; forbid, veto, disallow, interdict, proscribe, negative, say no to, Law. disaffirm; abnegate; turn thumbs down, turn a deaf ear to, brush off, brush aside, Sl. kiss off, turn away from, Inf. give [s.o.] the bum's rush, leave [s.o.] out in the cold, give [s.o.] the cold shoulder or the deep six; dismiss, oust, bump; give [s.o.] the gate or the air, show [s.o.] the door, throw [s.o.j to the dogs, send [s.o.] packing.
2. rebuff, slap down, repel, repulse, send away, cast aside; ignore, slight, disregard, shun, neglect, avoid, eschew; have no regard or use for, place no value on, set no store by, set at naught; Sl. cut [s.o.] dead.
3. renounce, give up, Inf swear off, Inf. cut out; disclaim, disavow, forswear; repudiate, (usu. under oath) abjure, disown, disinherit; jilt, throw over, turn one's back on, wash one's hands of.
4. abandon, desert, forsake, leave behind; maroon, isolate, banish, relegate, ostracize; discard, throw away, cast off, Inf. junk, jettison; remove, exclude, leave out, rule out, pass over, eliminate, Inf. scratch; excise, tear out.
5. disbelieve, discredit, disprove, explode; negate, deny, gainsay, contradict, negative.
6. disapprove, disfavor, discountenance; disagree with, demur, take exception to, dispute; object to, protest, challenge, oppose, contravene, controvert; obstruct, thwart, traverse.
7. disdain, scorn, contemn, hold in contempt, disesteem, Archaic, disprize; flout, scout, spurn, snap one's fingers at; revile, mock, deride, ridicule, make fun of, scoff at, jeer at, sneer at, gibe, Fig. spit upon; abhor, despise, detest, misprize.
8. cast out or up, eject, expel; regurgitate, vomit, Inf. throw up, Inf. upchuck, Sl. puke, Sl. barf. -n. 9. a. discard, castaway, castoff, Inf. throw-out, (of cards) slough,
b. second, irregular, Inf. markdown, (pi.) rejectamenta, leftovers, leavings, spoils, remains; hand-me-downs; (of persons) outcast, derelict, dregs, rejectee. rejection, n. 1. refusal, denial, turndown, declination; forbiddance, veto, disallowance, interdiction, proscription, negation; Law. disaffirmation; abnegation.
2. rebuff, repulse, repulsion, repelling, repellence, repellency; Sl. brush-off, Inf. the cold shoulder, Inf. the bum's rush; dismissal, ouster, SI. heave-ho, Inf. the gate, the door; disregard, slighting, shunning, spurning, ignoring, neglecting, avoiding, eschewal, eschewing.
3. renunciation, disclamation, disclaimer, disclaiming, disavowal, retraction, recantation; repudiation, (usu. under oath) abjuration; disowning, disinheriting, disinheritance.
4. abandonment, desertion, forsaking, banishment, relegation, ostracism; removal, exclusion, omission, elimination, excision.
5. disbelief, unbelief, incredulity; disproving, exploding; negating, denying, contradiction, contradicting.