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noun
The act of rejecting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: denial, nonassent, objection, abnegation, declination, turndown, disapproval, dissension, nonapproval, nonconsent, prohibition, refusal, rejection, renunciation, repudiation, unapproval, unconsent
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The state of being rejected.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: rejectedness
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A blocked shot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An immune reaction of a host organism to a foreign biological tissue, such as in an organ transplant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the act of rejecting something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: act, deed, human action, human activity
Narrower terms: brush-off, avoidance, turning away, shunning, dodging, abandonment, forsaking, desertion, renunciation, forgoing, forswearing, nonacceptance, turndown, banishment, proscription, displacement
noun
the speech act of rejecting
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: speech act
Narrower terms: repudiation, renunciation, rebuff, snub, repulse, short shrift, summary treatment
noun
(medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: organic phenomenon
noun
the state of being rejected
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: acceptance
Broader terms: situation, state of affairs
Narrower terms: apostasy, renunciation, defection, disfavor, disfavour, excommunication, exclusion, censure, reprobation
History
From French réjection or directly from Latin reiectiōnem, accusative of Latin reiectiō. Displaced native Old English āworpennes (literally “thrown-out-ness”).
Across languages
56 source translations are retained for this English entry.
