| NOUN | act | rejection | the act of rejecting something |
|---|---|---|---|
| state | rejection | the state of being rejected | |
| phenomenon | rejection | (medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign / foreign | |
| communication | rejection | the speech act of rejecting |
| Sounds | rihjheh'kshahn; riyjheh'kshahn | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | The act of rejecting something. | |
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| Example | "his proposals were met with rejection" | |
| Narrower | abandonment, forsaking, desertion | The act of giving something up |
| avoidance, turning away, shunning, dodging | deliberately avoiding / avoiding | |
| banishment, proscription | rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone | |
| brush-off | A curt or disdainful rejection | |
| displacement | Act of removing from office or employment / employment | |
| nonacceptance, turndown | The act of refusing / refusing an offer | |
| renunciation, forgoing, forswearing | The act of renouncing / renouncing | |
| Broader | act, deed, human action, human activity | Something that people do or cause to happen |
| Spanish | rechazo | |
| Catalan | rebuig | |
| Verbs | reject | refuse to accept or acknowledge |
| reject | deem wrong or inappropriate | |
| reject | refuse to accept | |
| Meaning | The state of being rejected. | |
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| Narrower | apostasy, renunciation, defection | The state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes) |
| disfavor, disfavour | The state of being out of favor / favor | |
| excommunication, exclusion, censure | The state of being excommunicated | |
| reprobation | rejection by God | |
| Broader | situation, state of affairs | The general state of things |
| Opposite | acceptance | The state of being acceptable and accepted |
| Spanish | denegación, desestimación, rechazo | |
| Catalan | denegació, desestimació, rebuig | |
| Meaning | (medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign / foreign. | |
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| Example | "rejection of the transplanted liver" | |
| Category | medicine, medical specialty | The branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques |
| Broader | organic phenomenon | (biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals |
| Meaning | The speech act of rejecting. | |
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| Narrower | rebuff, snub, repulse | An instance of driving away or warding off |
| repudiation, renunciation | Rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid | |
| short shrift, summary treatment | A brief and unsympathetic rejection | |
| Broader | speech act | The use of language to perform some act |
| Spanish | denegación, desestimación, rechazamiento, rechazo | |
| Catalan | denegació, desestimació, rebuig | |
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