Lexic.us

Definition of Rejection

1. Noun. The act of rejecting something. "His proposals were met with rejection"

2. Noun. The state of being rejected.

3. Noun. (medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign. "Rejection of the transplanted liver"

4. Noun. The speech act of rejecting.

Definition of Rejection

1. n. Act of rejecting, or state of being rejected.

Definition of Rejection

1. Noun. The act of rejecting. ¹

2. Noun. The state of being rejected. ¹

3. Noun. (sports) a blocked shot ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rejection

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Rejection

1. 1. Usually used of grafts. Any process leading to the destruction or detachment of a graft or other specified structure. 2. Non-acceptance, negative attitudes, hostility or excessive criticism of the individual which may precipitate feelings of rejection. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rejection

rejails reject rejectable rejectamenta rejectaneous rejected rejected takeoff rejectee rejectees rejecter

rejecters rejectest rejecteth rejecting rejectingly rejection (current term) rejection letter rejection letters rejectionism rejectionist

rejectionists rejections rejectitious rejective rejectment rejectments rejector rejectors rejects rejig

Literary usage of Rejection

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"On the contrary, the defendant's construction of the plaintiff's telegram as being a rejection of its original order was distinctly stated by the defendant ..."

2. New Probate Law and Practice: With Annotations and Forms for Use in Alaska by William Smithers Church, Curtis Hillyer (1920)
"Allowance and rejection of claims. When a claim, accompanied by the affidavit required in this chapter, has been filed with the clerk, the executor or ..."

3. History of the World War by Frank Herbert Simonds (1919)
"The German proposal was promptly rejected, its rejection was contained ... Meanwhile, the German press and the German statesmen signalized the rejection of ..."

4. The Federal and State Constitutions: Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by Francis N. Thorpe, United States (1909)
"... to compare the votes at the said election for the ratification or rejection of this constitution, and if it shall appear at the close that a majority of ..."

5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"But its main positive positions are the denial of prophecy, miracle and inspiration, its rejection of all external revelation (including obviously ..."

6. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1906)
"When the report of the debate was published, when the reasons which were given by those who voted for rejection were known to the people, Van Buren became, ..."

7. Thirty Years' View: Or, A History of the Working of the American Government by Thomas Hart Benton (1858)
"... and as soon as the rejection of the treaty was foreseen, and the nominating convention had acted (Mr. Cal- houn and Mr. Tyler standing no chance), ..."

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