Ichidan verb, Transitive verb
to refuse; to reject; to turn down; to dismiss
彼の計画は退けられた。His plan was discarded. to repel; to repulse; to drive away; to beat off; to defeat
to make (someone) leave; to send away; to turn away
to force (someone) to leave their post; to oust; to remove; to expel
Also written 斥ける【しりぞける】、却ける【しりぞける】