退ける

Meaning

1. v1vt
   to refuse; to reject; to turn down; to dismiss
2. v1vt
   to repel; to repulse; to drive away; to beat off; to defeat
3. v1vt
   to make (someone) leave; to send away; to turn away
4. v1vt
   to force (someone) to leave their post; to oust; to remove; to expel
5. v1vt
   to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside
6. v1vt
   to remove; to exclude; to take away
7. v1vt
   to set aside; to keep apart
8. v1vt
   to remove (someone) from the group; to shun
9. v1aux-v
   to do well despite difficulties; to accomplish despite adversity
10. v1aux-v
    to do resolutely; to do boldly
11. v1vt
    to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside

Example sentences

• 彼女の提案は退けられたようだ。

  Her suggestion seems to have been turned down.

• 彼らは彼の批判を偽善であるとして退けた。

  They dismissed his criticism as hypocrisy.

• 彼の計画は退けられた。

  His plan was discarded.