rejection

[ ri-jek-shuhn ]

/ rɪˈdʒɛk ʃən /

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noun

the act or process of rejecting.

the state of being rejected.

something that is rejected.

Nearby words

reith, reive, reject, rejectamenta, rejectee, rejection, rejection region, rejection slip, rejectionist, rejective art, rejig

Origin of rejection

1545–55; < Latin rējectiōn- (stem of rējectiō) a throwing back, equivalent to rēject(us) (see reject) + -iōn- -ion

SYNONYMS FOR rejection

1, 2 refusal, spurning, dismissal, elimination.

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Related forms

non·re·jec·tion, nounpre·re·jec·tion, noun

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Examples from the Web for rejection

Yet, what my peers do not realize – or cannot handle – is that rejection is a necessary part of forging a romantic relationships.
Random Hook-Ups or Dry Spells: Why Millennials Flunk College Dating|Ellie Schaack|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Kanye refuses to stomach any rejection, no matter how upper crust.
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s Balmain Campaign: High Fashion Meets Low Culture|Amy Zimmerman|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And the rejection of that belief is the basic reason a person is a Republican.
Democrats Are Petrified of Defending Government—but They Need to Start|Michael Tomasky|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It is hardly a rejection of adulthood, rather a momentary escape from routine.
Don’t Diss the Beauty of Brunch: Defending Our Favorite Meal|Tim Teeman|October 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST

But the one-term Republican could still be spared from rejection.
Could Maine Re-Elect Its Wingnut Governor Paul LePage?|Ben Jacobs|August 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
John Hughson took his rejection rather sullenly, and Mercedes was more than ever alone in the old house.
Pirate Gold|Frederic Jesup Stimson
Rejection has its pleasures, the more secret the more unmeasured.
The Rhythm of Life|Alice Meynell
"I did," she answered him, and flushed as she remembered her yesterday's rejection.
Scaramouche|Rafael Sabatini
In the First Part we constantly see them together; in the Second (it is a remarkable fact) only once before the rejection.
Oxford Lectures on Poetry|Andrew Cecil Bradley
Rejection of form of approaching souls proves formlessness of the Supreme, vi.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 4|Plotinos (Plotinus)

Medicine definitions for rejection

rejection

[ rĭ-jĕk′shən ]

n.

The act of rejecting or the state of being rejected.

The failure of a recipient's body to accept a transplanted tissue or organ as the result of immunological incompatability; immunological resistance to foreign tissue.

Culture definitions for rejection

rejection

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.)

Note

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.