rejection
Syllables: re·jec·tion/ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/
rejection noun: the act of rejecting.
Noun
rejection (countable and uncountable, plural rejections)
- The act of rejecting.
- My offer was met with rejection
- Synonyms:
- denial, nonassent, objection, abnegation, declination, turndown, disapproval, dissension, nonapproval, nonconsent
- The state of being rejected.
- Synonyms:
- rejectedness
- A blocked shot.
- An immune reaction of a host organism to a foreign biological tissue, such as in an organ transplant.
rejection meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
rejection in Hindi
- rejection, denial, refusal
- अस्वीकार asvīkār, अस्वीकृति asvīkŕti
rejection in Tamil
- ஏற்க மறுத்தல், நிராகரிப்பு, நிராகரித்தல், மறுத்தொழிப்பு, திசுப் பொருத்தமின்மை, பொருந்தாமை
rejection in Marathi
- नकार
rejection in Urdu
- انکار, انکاری جواب, نظر اندازی, رد
More languagesFewer languages
- rejection in Bengali
- ছ্যাকা chêka
- rejection in Telugu
- తిరస్కారము tiraskāramu, తిరస్కృతి tiraskr̥ti
- rejection in Malayalam
- നിരാകരണം nirākaraṇaṁ, നിഷേധം niṣēdhaṁ, തള്ളൽ taḷḷal
- rejection in Kannada
- ನಿರಾಕರಣೆ, ತಿರಸ್ಕರಣೆ
- rejection in Gujarati
- અસ્વીકાર
- rejection in Odia
- ପ୍ରତ୍ଯ଼ାଖ୍ଯ଼ାନ
- rejection in Sanskrit
- भङ्ग bhaṅgá
- rejection in Nepali
- अस्वीकृति, अस्वीकार
- rejection in Arabic
- رَفْض rafḍ, إِبَاء ʔibāʔ
- rejection in Indonesian
- penolakan
Examples of rejection in a sentence
- Haredi Judaism is a stream of Orthodox Judaism characterized by rejection of modern secular culture.
- My wounded pride never recovered from her rejection.
- The form-letter rejections laughed at all my hard work.
Synonyms of rejection
- denial
- nonassent
- objection
- abnegation
- declination
- turndown
- disapproval
- dissension
- nonapproval
- nonconsent
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Forms of rejection
| plural | rejections |
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Origin of rejection
From French réjection or directly from Latin reiectiōnem, accusative of Latin reiectiō. Displaced native Old English āworpennes (literally “thrown-out-ness”).
Words formed from rejection
- allorejection
- antibody-mediated rejection
- antirejection
- desk rejection
- immunorejection
- nonrejection
- overrejection
- postrejection
- prerejection
- rejectional
- rejectionism
- rejectionist
- rejectionistic
- rejection nucleus
- rejection region
- rejection sampling
- rejection sensitivity
- rejection sensitivity dysphoria
- rejection slip
- xenorejection
Phrases with rejection
Words that rhyme with rejection
- section
- connection
- projection
- injection
- selection
- collection
- protection
- inflection
- reflection
- affection
- correction
- deflection
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- direction
- election
- erection
- complexion
- recollection
- resurrection
- dejection
- dissection
- flexion
- infection
- connexion
- convection
- detection
- disconnection
- misdirection
- objection
- perfection
- vection
- advection
- ejection
- imperfection
- inspection
- interjection
- introspection
- lection
- reflexion
- aspection
- callisection
- disinfection
- disruptive selection
- electrotransfection
- indirect election
- insurrection
- police protection
- porrection
- predilection
- retroflexion
- self-infection
- snap election
- ticket inspection
- transfection
- trivection
- type introspection
- vivisection
Questions about rejection
- What does rejection mean?
- Rejection means the act of rejecting.
- What is rejection in Hindi?
- Rejection in Hindi is अस्वीकार (asvīkār), अस्वीकृति (asvīkŕti). See Rejection meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is rejection?
- Rejection is a noun.
- How do you pronounce rejection?
- Rejection is pronounced /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/.
- What is the plural of rejection?
- The plural of rejection is rejections.
Words near rejection in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: rejection (page history and authors); अस्वीकार (Hindi) (page history and authors); rejection (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rejection (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rejection (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ছ্যাকা (Bengali) (page history and authors); തള്ളൽ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); rejection (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rejection (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rejection (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); भङ्ग (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); rejection (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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