Japanese edit

For pronunciation and definitions of しりぞける – see the following entry.
退ける
[verb] be isolated, cut off
[verb] refuse
[verb] lose status
Alternative spelling
斥ける
(This term, しりぞける, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as しりぞける, see Category:Japanese kanji read as しりぞける.)