Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.
Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary PowersDivision (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.