"rejection" in the noun sense
1. rejection
the act of rejecting something
"his proposals were met with rejection"
2. rejection
the state of being rejected
3. rejection
medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign
"rejection of the transplanted liver"
4. rejection
the speech act of rejecting
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