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rejection

re·jec·tion

UK/ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/ US/ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkʃən] ~ [ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkʃn̩/ fairly common

noun

1.

the act of rejecting something

  • “his proposals were met with rejection”
2.

the state of being rejected

Antonyms
3.

(medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign

  • “rejection of the transplanted liver”
4.

the speech act of rejecting

Origin

From French réjection or directly from Latin reiectiōnem, accusative of Latin reiectiō. Displaced native Old English āworpennes (literally “thrown-out-ness”).

Phrases

  • antibody-mediated rejection
  • desk rejection
  • rejection nucleus
  • rejection region
  • rejection sampling
  • rejection sensitivity
  • rejection sensitivity dysphoria
  • rejection slip

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