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rejection, n.
(rejections)
freq. cnt. 6
more info the act of rejecting something
<noun.act>   freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5

rejection

sample sentences

"his proposals were met with rejection"
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derivationally related form
reject reject reject
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hypernym
act, human action, deed, human activity
hyponym
brush-off avoidance, turning away, shunning, dodging abandonment, forsaking, desertion renunciation, forgoing, forswearing nonacceptance, turndown banishment, proscription displacement
more info the state of being rejected
<noun.state>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

rejection
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antonym
acceptance
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hypernym
situation, state of affairs
hyponym
apostasy, renunciation, defection disfavor, disfavour excommunication, exclusion, censure reprobation
more info the speech act of rejecting
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rejection
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hypernym
speech act
hyponym
renunciation, repudiation rebuff, snub, repulse short shrift, summary treatment
more info (medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign
<noun.phenomenon>

rejection

sample sentences

"rejection of the transplanted liver"
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domain of synset (topic)
medicine, medical specialty
hypernym
organic phenomenon