Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (4)
1.
the act of rejecting something;
- Example: "his proposals were met with rejection"2.
the state of being rejected;
3.
(medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign;
- Example: "rejection of the transplanted liver"4.
the speech act of rejecting;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Rejection \Re*jec"tion\ (r?-j?k"sh?n), n. [L. rejectio: cf. F.
r['e]jection.]
Act of rejecting, or state of being rejected.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
rejection
n 1: the act of rejecting something; "his proposals were met
with rejection"
2: the state of being rejected [ant: acceptance]
3: (medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept
substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign;
"rejection of the transplanted liver"
4: the speech act of rejecting