rejection
NounUS[rih-jek-shuhn]/rɪˈdʒɛkʃən/3 syllablesalso [ree-jek-shuhn] /riˈdʒɛkʃən/
Open English WordNet
Noun (4)
- the act of rejecting something“his proposals were met with rejection”Type of act, deedKinds avoidance, abandonment, displacement, banishment, renunciation, nonacceptance, brush-off, fuck you
- the state of being rejectedOpposite acceptanceType of situation, state of affairsKinds apostasy, reprobation, excommunication, disfavor
- (medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign“rejection of the transplanted liver”Type of organic phenomenon
- the speech act of rejectingType of speech actKinds repudiation, rebuff, short shrift
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Re·jec′tion (r?-j?k′sh?n), noun
Origin: L. rejectio: cf. F. réjection.
Act of rejecting, or state of being rejected.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54