rejection
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rejection
- /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/
- [ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkʃən] ~ [ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkʃn̩]
- /ɹəˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/
- [ɹəˈd͡ʒɛkʃən] ~ [ɹəˈd͡ʒɛkʃn̩]
Rhymes with -ɛkʃən
Where it comes from
From French réjection or directly from Latin reiectiōnem, accusative of Latin reiectiō. Displaced native Old English āworpennes (literally “thrown-out-ness”).
noun rejections
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The act of rejecting.
My offer was met with rejection
Similar: denial, nonassent, objection, abnegation, declination, turndown, disapproval, dissension, nonapproval, nonconsent, prohibition, refusal
-
The state of being rejected.
Similar: rejectedness
- A blocked shot.
- An immune reaction of a host organism to a foreign biological tissue, such as in an organ transplant.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: reject, repudiation, rebuff, refusal, refuse, disavowal, repulsion, deny, disallowance, disqualification, abandonment, exclusion, veto, denying, renunciation, denial
Translations
Every language
noun act of rejecting
| Español | rechazo, rechazamiento |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 거절 geojeol |
| 日本語 | 拒絶 kyozetsu |
| 中文 | 拒絕 /拒绝 jùjué |
| Português | rejeição |
| Français | refus, rejet |
| Deutsch | Ablehnung |
| Italiano | rifiuto |
| Ελληνικά | απάρνηση apárnisi |
| Русский | отка́з otkáz, отклоне́ние otklonénije, неприя́тие neprijátije, неприня́тие neprinjátije |
| العربية | رَفْض rafḍ, إِبَاء ʔibāʔ |
noun state of being rejected
| Español | rechazamiento, rechazo |
|---|
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title = {rejection},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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