Noun: rejection ri'jek-shun
- The act of rejecting something
"his proposals were met with rejection"
- The state of being rejected
"His rejection from the university was a devastating blow"
- The speech act of rejecting
"His rejection of the proposal was met with disappointment"
- (medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign
"rejection of the transplanted liver"
Derived forms: rejections
Type of: act, deed, human action, human activity, organic phenomenon, situation, speech act, state of affairs
Antonym: acceptance
Encyclopedia: Rejection