rejection
noun/ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/ · [ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkʃən] ~ [ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkʃn̩]
Etymology From French réjection or directly from Latin reiectiōnem, accusative of Latin reiectiō. Displaced native Old English āworpennes (literally “thrown-out-ness”).
1
The act of rejecting.
- My offer was met with rejection
2
The state of being rejected.
3
Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports A blocked shot.
4
Medicine, Sciences An immune reaction of a host organism to a foreign biological tissue, such as in an organ transplant.
- Derived terms
- 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