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Definitions for: Rejection [n] the act of rejecting something; "his proposals were met with rejection"
[n] the speech act of rejecting
[n] (medicine) immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign; "rejection of the transplanted liver"
[n] the state of being rejected
Webster (1913) Definition: Re*jec"tion (r?-j?k"sh?n), n. [L. rejectio: cf. F.
r['e]jection.]
Act of rejecting, or state of being rejected.
Antonyms: acceptance
See Also: abandonment, act, apostasy, avoidance, banishment, brush-off, censure, defection, desertion, disfavor, disfavour, displacement, dodging, exclusion, excommunication, forgoing, forsaking, forswearing, human action, human activity, nonacceptance, organic phenomenon, proscription, rebuff, renunciation, renunciation, renunciation, reprobation, repudiation, repulse, short shrift, shunning, situation, snub, speech act, state of affairs, summary treatment, turndown, turning away
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