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Type Words
Type of organic phenomenon


rejection of the transplanted liver.
Type Words
Type of act, human activity, deed, human action
Has types abandonment, avoidance, banishment, brush-off, desertion, displacement, dodging, forgoing, forsaking, forswearing, nonacceptance, proscription, renunciation, shunning, turndown, turning away
Derivation reject


his proposals were met with rejection.
Type Words
Type of speech act
Has types snub, rebuff, renunciation, repudiation, repulse, short shrift, summary treatment
Type Words
Type of state of affairs, situation
Has types exclusion, excommunication, defection, apostasy, censure, renunciation, disfavour, reprobation, disfavor

Examples of rejection

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League approval, or rejection, may come during the NFL owners meetings in March.
From the denverpost.com
Thousands in Egypt have been protesting for five days in a rejection of Mubarak.
From the chron.com
Infection is the biggest risk, but rejection of an implant is virtually unknown.
From the telegraph.co.uk
So, do these cuts symbolize the Republican rejection of fuzzy-headed liberalism?
From the dailyherald.com
Now Episcopalians seem on their way to almost complete rejection of the concept.
From the time.com
That rejection extends to Western demands for Afghan women to have basic rights.
From the time.com
My father was orphaned not only by death, but by poverty, rejection and neglect.
From the timesunion.com
Because a patient's cells would be used, there would be no problem of rejection.
From the thestate.com
That means you have to push hard yourself and avoid taking rejection personally.
From the abcnews.go.com
More examples
  • The act of rejecting something; "his proposals were met with rejection"
  • The state of being rejected
  • (medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign; "rejection of the transplanted liver"
  • (reject) refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper"
  • (reject) cull: the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
  • (reject) disapprove: deem wrong or inappropriate; "I disapprove of her child rearing methods"
  • Social rejection occurs when an individual is deliberately excluded from a interpersonal relationship or social relation. The topic includes both interpersonal rejection (or peer rejection) and romantic rejection. A person can be rejected on an individual basis or by an entire group of people. ...
  • (Reject (Against All Authority/Anti-Flag Split 7")) Reject is a 7 inch Split EP by punk rock band Anti-Flag and ska punk band Against All Authority, released in 1996.
  • (Reject (One Piece)) The One Piece manga and anime series features an extensive cast of characters created by Eiichiro Oda. ...