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In some contexts, "to reject something" can mean very much the same as "to refuse something". For example:; w7 {6 r9 ~+ s# d2 W
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"She refused the gift." ~ "She rejected the gift."
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3 }6 I9 p& V/ ]"She refused the offer of help." ~ "She rejected the offer of help."$ M3 ?4 A* ?' {6 y2 h8 c: K, Z
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In other contexts, "to reject something" implies that something is taken into one's possession, or is under one's consideration, but is then a decision is subsequently taken to return or discard it. In these cases, "reject" is often preferred to "refuse". For example:+ {) P8 J, f, A8 G( F
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"The company has rejected our latest batch of components." ' u; C! s: \8 ]4 b8 P7 o1 ^) _0 ]
4 L3 _2 T) @5 z/ `3 S3 L"He rejected my idea."
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5 V; U- a! \# b; k4 a. [1 j, r"I applied for the job but was rejected."' c; p: K9 T+ C8 I
6 m& n9 C+ i3 Z9 V, r- T% R# S8 {Some other differences that come to mind:
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0 ?$ U4 e1 s1 \" R: M. h/ l"refuse" can be used with an infinitive (e.g. "She refused to go."), but "reject" can't.
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) ?5 `1 \7 f! i"refuse" can be used intransitively ("She refused.") but "reject" can't.
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4 j% V6 o0 q! [7 I8 |: b3 GYou can be "refused something" (e.g. "She was refused entry.") but not "rejected something". |
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