English → Latin
“reject” in Latin
improbōto disapprove; to blame, condemn, rejectreprobōto disapprove; to reject; to condemnrepudiōto cast off, reject, repudiate, disdain, rebuffrespuōto spit or spew out; to reject or refusespernōto move aside, push away; to sever, separate, remove; to despise, reject, scorn, spurnāspernorto cast off, turn away, avert, repel; to cast off, spurn, despise, disdain, scorn; to refuse, reject, decline
The English word reject itself goes back to Latin iaciō, through reiectus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
reject
(a se) rejicere: improbare: reprobare (to disapprove): repudiare (to be ashamed of): respuere (to repel with disgust): spernere: aspernari (with contempt). (The words are found in this connection and order.) a se rejicere et aspernari: ☞ abdicare rem chiefly in Pliny. To reject entirely, omnino non probare; funditus repudiare: to reject advice, consilium improbare, reprobare, or repudiare: to reject an opinion, sententiam aspernari or contemnere: to reject the terms, conditionem repudiare or respuere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for reject?
- The usual Latin words for “reject” are improbō, reprobō, repudiō; also respuō, spernō, āspernor. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.