Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rejection"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rejection \Re*jec"tion\ (r?-j?k"sh?n), n. [L. rejectio: cf. F.
r['e]jection.]
Act of rejecting, or state of being rejected.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
rejection
n 1: the act of rejecting something; "his proposals were met with
rejection"
2: the state of being rejected [ant: {acceptance}]
3: (medicine) 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
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