REJECTION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of rejecting something
   Usage Example(s)
   • his proposals were met with rejection
   Hypernyms(s) rejection is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • act (what does act mean?)
   • human action (what does human action mean?)
   • human activity (what does human activity mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • brush-off (what does brush-off mean?)
   • avoidance (what does avoidance mean?)
   • turning away (what does turning away mean?)
   • shunning (what does shunning mean?)
   • dodging (what does dodging mean?)
   • abandonment (what does abandonment mean?)
   • forsaking (what does forsaking mean?)
   • desertion (what does desertion mean?)
   • renunciation (what does renunciation mean?)
   • forgoing (what does forgoing mean?)
   • forswearing (what does forswearing mean?)
   • nonacceptance (what does nonacceptance mean?)
   • turndown (what does turndown mean?)
   • banishment (what does banishment mean?)
   • proscription (what does proscription mean?)
   • displacement (what does displacement mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • refuse (what does refuse mean?)
   • reject (what does reject mean?)
   • pass up (what does pass up mean?)
   • turn down (what does turn down mean?)
   • decline (what does decline mean?)
   • disapprove (what does disapprove mean?)
   • reject (what does reject mean?)
   • reject (what does reject mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the speech act of rejecting
   Hypernyms(s) rejection is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • speech act (what does speech act mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • repudiation (what does repudiation mean?)
   • renunciation (what does renunciation mean?)
   • rebuff (what does rebuff mean?)
   • snub (what does snub mean?)
   • repulse (what does repulse mean?)
   • short shrift (what does short shrift mean?)
   • summary treatment (what does summary treatment mean?)
3. Meaning
   • (medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign
   Usage Example(s)
   • rejection of the transplanted liver
   Hypernyms(s) rejection is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • organic phenomenon (what does organic phenomenon mean?)
4. Meaning
   • the state of being rejected
   Hypernyms(s) rejection is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • situation (what does situation mean?)
   • state of affairs (what does state of affairs mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • acceptance (what does acceptance mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • apostasy (what does apostasy mean?)
   • renunciation (what does renunciation mean?)
   • defection (what does defection mean?)
   • disfavor (what does disfavor mean?)
   • disfavour (what does disfavour mean?)
   • excommunication (what does excommunication mean?)
   • exclusion (what does exclusion mean?)
   • censure (what does censure mean?)
   • reprobation (what does reprobation mean?)