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In some contexts, "to reject something" can mean very much the same as "to refuse something". For example:" a3 l+ W+ C( A2 ]3 b( `
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"She refused the gift." ~ "She rejected the gift."( F1 K4 P* _5 s) Y' f
9 z1 F" s8 c+ k1 \"She refused the offer of help." ~ "She rejected the offer of help.": y* n( \. b+ R1 J( Q; K
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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:
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& ]9 q! N0 Y% K' _2 `9 p"The company has rejected our latest batch of components." & H& q$ V! X8 X: s8 l3 k! i
) X- I; C, Q; i' u8 s/ U"He rejected my idea." V; i6 E }, F/ ]0 U0 E' o# ]: e* [
/ {/ m3 j+ f$ z) y/ h! T"I applied for the job but was rejected."1 a: d e5 z' v+ b4 n- q5 [
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# {2 `0 c5 D8 h; M* `2 \, L+ o* v"refuse" can be used with an infinitive (e.g. "She refused to go."), but "reject" can't.
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"refuse" can be used intransitively ("She refused.") but "reject" can't.- D3 @) |6 ]) }$ m6 S
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You can be "refused something" (e.g. "She was refused entry.") but not "rejected something". |
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