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title: Reject
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The `<Reject>` verb rejects a call to your SignalWire number. It is effectively an exit statement from the current document, as there is no way to return to any instructions listed after the `<Reject>` verb.

## Verb attributes

<ParamField path="reason" type="string" default="rejected">
  The `reason` attribute takes in the following values: **busy** and **rejected**. These values specify what message is to be played when SignalWire rejects a call. If this value is set to `busy`, the caller receives a busy signal and the call is terminated with the status `busy`. If this value is set to `rejected`, the call is terminated with the status `no answer`.
</ParamField>

## Nesting

No other verbs can be nested within `<Reject>` and you cannot nest `<Reject>` within any other verbs.

## Examples

### A simple rejection of a call

<CodeBlocks>
  ```xml
  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
  <Response>
      <Reject />
  </Response>
  ```

  ```javascript title="Node.js"
  const { RestClient } = require("@signalwire/compatibility-api");
  const response = new RestClient.LaML.VoiceResponse();

  response.reject();
  console.log(response.toString());
  ```

  ```csharp
  using Twilio.TwiML;
  using System;


  class Example
  {
      static void Main()
      {
          var response = new VoiceResponse();
          response.Reject();

          Console.WriteLine(response.ToString());;
      }
  }
  ```

  ```python
  from signalwire.voice_response import VoiceResponse, Reject

  response = VoiceResponse()
  response.reject()

  print(response)
  ```

  ```ruby
  require 'signalwire/sdk'

  response = Signalwire::Sdk::VoiceResponse.new do |response|
    response.reject
  end

  puts response.to_s
  ```
</CodeBlocks>

SignalWire will reject the call and the caller will receive a standard "This number is not in service" response.

### Busy signal rejection

<CodeBlocks>
  ```xml
  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
  <Response>
      <Reject reason="busy" />
  </Response>
  ```

  ```javascript title="Node.js"
  const { RestClient } = require("@signalwire/compatibility-api");
  const response = new RestClient.LaML.VoiceResponse();

  response.reject({ reason: "busy" });
  console.log(response.toString());
  ```

  ```csharp
  using Twilio.TwiML;
  using System;


  class Example
  {
      static void Main()
      {
          var response = new VoiceResponse();
          response.Reject(reason: "busy");

          Console.WriteLine(response.ToString());;
      }
  }
  ```

  ```python
  from signalwire.voice_response import VoiceResponse, Reject

  response = VoiceResponse()
  response.reject(reason='busy')

  print(response)
  ```

  ```ruby
  require 'signalwire/sdk'

  response = Signalwire::Sdk::VoiceResponse.new do |response|
    response.reject(reason: busy)
  end

  puts response.to_s
  ```
</CodeBlocks>

SignalWire will reject the call and the caller will receive a busy signal.