rejection Meaning, Definition & Usage

  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

WordNet

Re*jec"tion noun
Etymology
L. rejectio: cf. F. réjection.
Definitions
  1. Act of rejecting, or state of being rejected.

Webster 1913