What does rejection mean?
Definitions for rejection
re·jec·tion
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Princeton's WordNet
rejection(noun)
the act of rejecting something
"his proposals were met with rejection"
rejection(noun)
the state of being rejected
rejection(noun)
(medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign
"rejection of the transplanted liver"
rejection(noun)
the speech act of rejecting
Wiktionary
rejection(Noun)
The act of rejecting.
rejection(Noun)
The state of being rejected.
rejection(Noun)
a blocked shot
Webster Dictionary
Rejection(noun)
act of rejecting, or state of being rejected
Etymology: [L. rejectio: cf. F. rjection.]
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Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'rejection' in Nouns Frequency: #2315
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of rejection in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of rejection in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of rejection in a Sentence
Too many politicians and pundits here in America have been woefully oblivious to, or in some cases complicit in, what is going on around us, the failed European Union experiment, and Great Britain’s rejection of it, must serve as a wake-up call for all of us in America.
The comedian capitalized on a broad rejection of the country's political elites and Mr Poroshenko's widespread unpopularity among the electorate, mr Zelenskiy's policy platform — beyond a focus on anti-corruption issues and a broad, pro-Western agenda — remains unclear.
Every misfit in a flock is more exposed to rejection and harm ... We can see already it hasn't been accepted yet by most of our little penguin family.
The longer people are on dialysis before they have a transplant, the worse their survival, so if you have a living donor, instead of waiting five years for a compatible donor, if you can get a transplant from an incompatible donor in a couple of months, this paper suggests that that is beneficial, despite the fact that they have a higher rate of rejection.
I think I was just very disheartened by the rejection, which is something I tell everyone.
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Translations for rejection
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- الرفArabic
- rebuig, refúsCatalan, Valencian
- odmítnutíCzech
- AblehnungGerman
- απάρνηση, απόρριψηGreek
- rechazoSpanish
- refus, rejetFrench
- dearadhIrish
- diùltadhScottish Gaelic
- rifiutoItalian
- rejectioLatin
- akiritangaMāori
- avvisningNorwegian
- odrzucenie, odmowaPolish
- rejeiçãoPortuguese
- отклоне́ние, неприя́тие, отка́з, неприня́тиеRussian
- తిరస్కృతి, తిరస్కారముTelugu
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