rejection

[ ri-jek-shuhn ]

noun

1. the act or process of rejecting.

   Synonyms: elimination, dismissal, refusal

2. the state of being rejected.

   Synonyms: elimination, dismissal, refusal

3. something that is rejected.

rejection

1. A process in which the immune system of a body attacks an organ or tissue, either its own or tissue transplanted into it from another organism. ( See xenotransplantation .)

Notes

Rejection is the most serious problem faced in surgery involving organ transplants. Drugs are used to suppress the immune system after organ transplant in order to prevent the rejection of and eventual death of the transplanted tissue.

Other Words From

• nonre·jection noun
• prere·jection noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of rejection¹

First recorded in 1545–55; from Latin rējectiōn-, stem of rējectiō “a throwing back”; equivalent to reject + -ion

Example Sentences

This comes after very public complaints from Microsoft regarding xCloud’s rejection from the App Store, which Apple denied because its App Store rules fundamentally did not allow game-streaming platforms on it.

From TechCrunch

The error was compounded by the botched early rollout of testing kits and rejection of tests manufactured in other countries.

From Popular-Science

It must’ve been a combo of getting used to rejection but then also not taking it as rejection.

From Ozy

This kind of affect-laden, motivated thinking explains a wide range of examples of an extreme, evidence-resistant rejection of historical fact and scientific consensus.

From No Straight News

Since its last rejection, that request has gotten even harder for a project that’s been kicking around for 15 years.

From Voice of San Diego

Yet, what my peers do not realize – or cannot handle – is that rejection is a necessary part of forging a romantic relationships.

From The Daily Beast

Kanye refuses to stomach any rejection, no matter how upper crust.

From The Daily Beast

And the rejection of that belief is the basic reason a person is a Republican.

From The Daily Beast

“We opened the Toronto Film Festival with The Fifth Estate, and there was an immediate rejection of it,” he says.

From The Daily Beast

To be sure, the election was not an embrace of the GOP platform, but it was a wholesale rejection of Barack Obama.

From The Daily Beast

A little inquiry by the officers showed that the trouble originated in the rejection of the bills by the railroad.

From Project Gutenberg

The rejection of the reform bill produced an extraordinary sensation throughout the country.

From Project Gutenberg

The rejection of' his motion irritated the already inflamed minds of the Chartists.

From Project Gutenberg

Soon after its ignominious rejection the gout laid hold on Chatham, and he did not appear in parliament again for two years.

From Project Gutenberg

North gave way and, in obedience to instructions, Harcourt procured the rejection of the bill.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• elimination
• exclusion
• repudiation
• veto