reject
to refuse or throw back
Roots
Other words with the ject root
- abject: miserable, degraded, or hopeless
- conjectural: based on guesswork rather than proof
- conjecture: a guess based on incomplete evidence
- dejected: sad and low-spirited
- eject: to throw out
- interject: to throw a remark into a conversation
- jettison: to throw away or discard
- project: to throw forward; plan or estimate
Re- gives back and ject gives throw. To reject is to throw an offer, idea, or claim back.
The committee rejected the proposal for lack of evidence.
Reject is refusal with motion. The thing comes toward you; you throw it back. That physical image keeps it distinct from project, which throws forward.