| abhor | reject, protest against, refuse |
| abject | servile subject, low-placed reject |
| abjure | swear to abandon, solemnly reject |
| avoid | repudiate, deny, reject |
| cast | cast off, discard, dismiss, reject |
| castaway | rejected, cast off, discarded |
| castaway | lost soul, reject, outcast |
| contemned | despised, rejected, spurned |
| defiance | renunciation, disowning, rejection; or: contempt |
| defy | reject, despise, disdain, renounce |
| denay | denial, refusal, rejection |
| deny | refuse, rebuff, reject |
| disallow | reject, deny, refuse to admit |
| dismissed | rejected, discarded, spurned |
| dismission | rejection, dismissal, repudiation |
| forsake | refuse, decline, reject |
| forswear | abandon, renounce, reject, give up |
| kick | spurn, scorn, reject with contempt |
| nay | denial, refusal, rejection |
| non-suit | reject the suit of, refuse |
| pluck | disregard, reject, throw out |
| put | repulse, reject, refuse |
| put | thrust aside, reject, set aside |
| putting-by | refusal, rejection, thrusting aside |
| refel | refuse, deny, reject |
| repugn | reject, oppose, deny |
| repulse | refusal, rejection, rebuff |
| retort | refuse, deny, reject |
| spurn | reject, scorn, despise, treat with contempt |
| spurn | contemptuous treatment, scornful rejection |
| turn | reject, repudiate, send away |
| turned-forth | castaway, reject, discard |
| unfathered | have one's legitimacy rejected, become fatherless |