rejection
/rɪdʒˈɛkʃʌn/
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Noun
the act of rejecting something; "his proposals were met with rejection"
Noun
the state of being rejected
Noun
(medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign; "rejection of the transplanted liver"
Noun
the speech act of rejecting
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abandonment
apostasy
avoidance
banishment
brush-off
censure
defection
desertion
disfavor
disfavour
displacement
dodging
exclusion
excommunication
forgoing
forsaking
forswearing
nonacceptance
proscription
rebuff
renunciation
reprobation
repudiation
repulse
short shrift
shunning
snub
summary treatment
turndown
turning away