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rējectĭo, ōnis, f. [reicio], a throwing back, throwing away.

  1. * I. Lit.: sanguinis, i. e. throwing up, Plin. 23, 8, 76, § 146; Pall. 3, 31, 2.
  2. II. Trop., a rejecting, re jection (so in good prose, esp. freq. in Cic.).
    1. A. 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.
    2. B. In partic.
      1. 1. 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.
        1. b. Transf., in gen.: excutere, quicquid dici potest, et velut rejectione factā ad optimum pervenire, Quint. 7, 1, 34: eruditorum, Plin. H. N. praef. § 7.
      2. 2. Rhet. t. t.
        1. a. 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.
        2. b. = Gr. ἀποδίωξις, the setting aside of considerations which are not pertinent, Jul. Rufin. Schem. Lex. § 12.