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rejection

/ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/noun3 syllables

Rejection means: the act of rejecting something.

Synonyms for rejection10

also used for rejection

denial, nonassent, objection, abnegation, declination, turndown, disapproval, dissension, nonapproval, rejectedness

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Opposites of rejection

acceptance

What does rejection mean?4

noun

1

the act of rejecting something“his proposals were met with rejection”

2

the state of being rejected

3

(medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign“rejection of the transplanted liver”

4

the speech act of rejecting

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with rejection?29

two syllables

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All 29 rhymes for rejection, grouped by syllable

Rejection in a sentence

  • By the fiftieth heartbreak, rejection becomes much easier to handle.papabear
  • Every successful writer has a drawer full of rejection letters.darinmex
  • Is this a servo or a disturbance-rejection problem?FeuDRenais2
  • For some people rejection is like water off a duck's back.Eccles17
  • Fear of rejection can prevent us from taking risks.Nuel
  • The final rejection letter was the straw that broke the camel's back.Amastan
  • Ziri needs to find connection and avoid rejection.Amastan
  • Ziri wrote a book about how to overcome rejection.Amastan

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Forms of rejection

as a noun

plural
rejections