Dictionary entry details
• REJECTION (noun)
Meaning:
The act of rejecting something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
his proposals were met with rejection
Hypernyms ("rejection" is a kind of...):
act; human action; human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rejection"):
brush-off (a curt or disdainful rejection)
avoidance; dodging; shunning; turning away (deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening)
abandonment; desertion; forsaking (the act of giving something up)
forgoing; forswearing; renunciation (the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.))
nonacceptance; turndown (the act of refusing an offer)
banishment; proscription (rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone)
displacement (act of removing from office or employment)
Meaning:
The state of being rejected
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("rejection" is a kind of...):
situation; state of affairs (the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rejection"):
apostasy; defection; renunciation (the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes))
disfavor; disfavour (the state of being out of favor)
censure; exclusion; excommunication (the state of being excommunicated)
reprobation (rejection by God; the state of being condemned to eternal misery in hell)
Antonym:
acceptance (the state of being acceptable and accepted)
Meaning:
(medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Context example:
rejection of the transplanted liver
Hypernyms ("rejection" is a kind of...):
organic phenomenon ((biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals)
Domain category:
medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)
Meaning:
The speech act of rejecting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("rejection" is a kind of...):
speech act (the use of language to perform some act)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rejection"):
short shrift; summary treatment (a brief and unsympathetic rejection)
rebuff; repulse; snub (an instance of driving away or warding off)
renunciation; repudiation (rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid)
