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rejection

/ rejection /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
the act of rejecting something
"his proposals were met with rejection"
Type of:
act human action human activity
Kinds of:
brush-off avoidance turning away shunning dodging
Derived:
refuse reject pass up turn down decline
noun Sense 2
the speech act of rejecting
Type of:
speech act
Kinds of:
repudiation renunciation rebuff snub repulse
noun Sense 3
(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
Domain:
medicine medical specialty
noun Sense 4
the state of being rejected
Opposites:
acceptance
Type of:
situation state of affairs
Kinds of:
apostasy renunciation defection disfavor disfavour
Semantic Complexity
77%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
28
Times Searched
1
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act human action human activity brush-off avoidance turning away shunning dodging speech act repudiation renunciation rebuff