rejection

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the act of rejecting something

   My proposals were met with rejection.

2. 2
   noun

   (medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign

   rejection of the transplanted liver

3. 3
   noun

   The act of rejecting.

   My offer was met with rejection

4. 4
   noun

   the speech act of rejecting

5. 5
   noun

   the state of being rejected

6. 6
   noun

   The state of being rejected.

7. 7
   noun

   A blocked shot.

8. 8
   noun

   An immune reaction of a host organism to a foreign biological tissue, such as in an organ transplant.

Etymology

From French réjection or directly from Latin reiectiōnem, accusative of Latin reiectiō. Displaced native Old English āworpennes (literally “thrown-out-ness”).