(a) To reject (sb.) as foolish, unworthy, etc., forsake, despise; exclude (sb.) from office; renounce (a god); (b) to refuse to take (sb.) as a spouse or lover; divorce (one's wife); (c) to cast (sb.) out, expel, abandon; shun (sb.); (d) to deny (sb.) admission, audience, or absolution; refuse to fight with (sb.); (e) to pay no attention to (man, his works), disregard, etc.; also, leave (sb.) alone.

(a) To reject (a gift, service, love, etc.), spurn, decline; (b) to reject (sth.) as faulty, unsuitable, etc.; renounce or refrain from (sin, vice); abstain from (food); hunt. let (game) go; (c) to decline (an office, a task); neglect (a duty, work, penance, etc.), refuse; (d) to disobey (a law, command); ignore (advice, teaching, reason), reject; deny (a prayer, request, wish); (e) to refute (a charge, doctrine), deny; forbid or prevent (entry, attendance); (f) to repudiate (an agreement), break; renounce (a custom, religion), let lapse; give up (a trade, tenure of land); get rid of (sin); (g) to avoid (sth.), escape.

(a) To refuse (to do sth.), be unwilling; (b) to forbid (that sth. be done).