rējectĭo (noun F) : reicio
* A throwing back, throwing away. *
* Lit.: sanguinis,i. e. throwing up,Plin. 23, 8, 76, § 146; Pall. 3, 31, 2.
* Trop., a rejecting, re jection (so in good prose, esp. freq. in Cic.).
* In gen.: selectio et item rejectio,Cic. Fin. 3, 6, 20: quod si civi Romano licet esse Gaditanum, sive exilio, sive postliminio, sive rejectione hujus civitatis,id. Balb. 12, 29.
* In partic.
* In jurid. lang., a challenging, rejection of a judge: judicum,Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 16; so id. Planc. 15, 36. — Absol.: rejectione interpositā,Cic. Sull. 33, 92; id. Att. 1, 16, 3.
* Transf., in gen.: excutere, quicquid dici potest, et velut rejectione factā ad optimum pervenire,Quint. 7, 1, 34: eruditorum, Plin. H. N. praef. § 7.
* Rhet. t. t.
* In alium, a shifting off from one's self to another, Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 204 (al. trajectio; v. Orell. N. cr.); cited also in Quint. 9, 1, 30.
* = Gr. ἀποδίωξις, the setting aside of considerations which are not pertinent, Jul. Rufin. Schem. Lex. § 12.