rējectĭo, ōnis, f. [reicio], a throwing back, throwing away. *
I Lit.: sanguinis, i. e. throwing up , Plin. 23, 8, 76, § 146; Pall. 3, 31, 2.—
II Trop., a rejecting , re jection (so in good prose, esp. freq. in Cic.).
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.—
B In partic.
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.—
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 Rhet. t. t.
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.—
b = Gr. ἀποδίωξις, the setting aside of considerations which are not pertinent, Jul. Rufin. Schem. Lex. § 12.