rejection

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noun

1. the act of rejecting something (Freq. 5)
- his proposals were met with rejection
• Derivationally related forms:
reject
• Hypernyms:
act, deed, human action, human activity
• Hyponyms:
brush-off, avoidance, turning away, shunning, dodging,
abandonment, forsaking, desertion, renunciation, forgoing, forswearing,
nonacceptance, turndown, banishment, proscription, displacement
2. the state of being rejected (Freq. 1)
• Ant:
acceptance
• Hypernyms:
situation, state of affairs
• Hyponyms:
apostasy, renunciation, defection, disfavor, disfavour,
excommunication, exclusion, censure, reprobation
3. (medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign
- rejection of the transplanted liver
• Topics:
medicine, medical specialty
• Hypernyms:
organic phenomenon
4. the speech act of rejecting
• Hypernyms:
speech act
• Hyponyms:
repudiation, renunciation, rebuff, snub, repulse,
short shrift, summary treatment