棄却|ききゃくkikyaku[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbrejection; dismissal; turning down; abandoning; renunciation
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 棄却する（ききゃくする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 棄却します（ききゃくします） |
| Negative (nai) | 棄却しない（ききゃくしない） |
| polite (masen) | 棄却しません（ききゃくしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 棄却せず・棄却せぬ（ききゃくせず・ききゃくせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 棄却した（ききゃくした） |
| polite (mashita) | 棄却しました（ききゃくしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 棄却しなかった（ききゃくしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 棄却しませんでした（ききゃくしませんでした） |
| Te form | 棄却して（ききゃくして） |
| Potential | 棄却できる（ききゃくできる） |
| Passive | 棄却される（ききゃくされる） |
| Causative | 棄却させる（ききゃくさせる） |
| Causative passive | 棄却させられる（ききゃくさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 棄却すれば（ききゃくすれば） |
| tara | 棄却したら（ききゃくしたら） |
| Volitional | 棄却しよう（ききゃくしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 棄却しましょう（ききゃくしましょう） |
| Imperative | 棄却しろ（ききゃくしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym却下きゃっかWrittenWritten term: dismissing a suit or application as procedurally improper without examining the merits; 「棄却」 dismisses after trial on the merits finds no grounds.
- Synonym放棄ほうきNeutralRenouncing rights or duties that are your own, as in 「権利放棄」; 「棄却」 is rejecting a claim or thing rather than giving up what is yours.
- Related断念だんねんNeutralGiving up a hope or plan by your own decision; 「棄却」 is a negative decision on someone else's request or on a thing, not a personal choice to quit.
- Related見切りみきりNeutralGiving up after judging the situation, as in 「見切りをつける」; also means selling off stock cheap, a sense 「棄却」 never has.
- Related諦めあきらめNeutralEveryday word for the feeling of giving up or resigning yourself; about a state of mind, not the rejection or discarding of things.
- Related委棄いきWrittenRare written legal term for waiving a right or abandoning property, leaving it to others; 「棄却」 centers on rejecting a claim or discarding something for good.
- Antonym採用さいようNeutralAdopting an idea or method, or hiring a person; the direct opposite of 「棄却」 as a rejection.
- Antonym承認しょうにんNeutralApproving or accepting something as valid; stands opposite 「棄却」.
- Antonym採択さいたくWrittenWritten term for adopting a bill or resolution by vote; opposite of 「棄却」. In statistics, acceptance means the hypothesis is not rejected.
In court, 「棄却」 dismisses a claim after the merits have been examined and found wanting, as in 「控訴を棄却する」; 「却下」 is dismissal on procedural grounds without examining the case. For giving up on your own, use 「断念」 or 「放棄」; 「諦め」 names the feeling, 「見切り」 a decision made after sizing things up. The opposites are 「採用」「承認」 and, in formal votes, 「採択」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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