# \<reject>

**Role:** \<reject> As the name suggest, this verb can be used to reject the call.

**Use:**&#x20;

* *Can be used to you want to temporarily disable the phone phone number and reject all the calls.*&#x20;
* You want to accept calls only from certain numbers and reject all unknown caller.

### Attributes

| <p><strong>Attribute</strong><br></p> | <p><strong>Value</strong><br></p>      | <p><strong>Default</strong><br></p> |
| ------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------- |
| reason                                | rejected, busy, notfound, notavailable | rejected                            |

#### Here is an example of how \<reject> is used within code.

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

In another example you can give a reason for rejection of the call. The reason will be passed on to the callers carrier.

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

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