rejection

  • 11Rejection — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Rejection >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 rejection rejection repudiation exclusion Sgm: N 1 refusal refusal &c. 764 Sgm: N 1 declination declination PARAG:Rejection >V GRP: V 1 Sgm: V 1 r …

    English dictionary for students

  • 12rejection — re|jec|tion [ rı dʒekʃən ] noun ** ▸ 1 of offer/request etc. ▸ 2 of belief/system etc. ▸ 3 when someone does not love someone ▸ 4 refusal for job/course ▸ 5 organ transplant failure 1. ) count or uncount a refusal of an offer, proposal, or… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 13Rejection — In transplantation biology, the refusal by the body to accept transplanted cells, tissues or organs. For example, a kidney transplanted may be rejected. * * * 1. The immunologic response to incompatibility in a transplanted organ. 2. A refusal to …

    Medical dictionary

  • 14rejection — re|jec|tion [rıˈdʒekʃən] n 1.) [U and C] the act of not accepting, believing in, or agreeing with something ≠ ↑acceptance rejection of ▪ What are the reasons for his rejection of the theory? 2.) [U and C] the act of not accepting someone for a… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 15rejection — /rɪ dʒekʃən/ noun a refusal to accept something, such as a refusal to give a customer credit ● The rejection of the company’s offer meant that the negotiations had to start again. ● After the union’s rejection of the offer, management came back… …

    Dictionary of banking and finance

  • 16rejection — n. complete, flat, outright, total rejection * * * [rɪ dʒekʃ(ə)n] flat outright total rejection complete …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 17rejection — noun 1) a rejection of the offer Syn: refusal, declining, turning down, dismissal, spurning 2) Madeleine s rejection of him Syn: repudiation, rebuff, spurning, abandonment, desertion; informal brush off; literary forsaking …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 18rejection — n. (in transplantation) the destruction by immune mechanisms of a tissue grafted from another individual. Antibodies, complement, clotting factors, and platelets are involved in the failure of the graft to survive. Allograft rejection is a… …

    The new mediacal dictionary

  • 19rejection — noun 1) a rejection of the offer Syn: refusal, declining, turning down, dismissal, spurning 2) Madeleine s rejection of him Syn: repudiation, rebuff, spurning, abandonment, desertion; informal brush o …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • 20rejection — [rɪˈdʒekʃən] noun 1) [C/U] a refusal to accept or agree with something such as an offer or an argument Ant: acceptance the rejection of the peace plan[/ex] 2) [C] a letter that tells you that you have not got a job or a place on a course of study …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English