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rejection

/ɹɪˈdʒɛkʃən/

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What does rejection mean?

noun

  1. The act of rejecting.
  2. The state of being rejected.
  3. A blocked shot.
More meanings (1)

noun

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

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IPA pronunciation

/ɹɪˈdʒɛkʃən/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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/ɹiˈdʒɛkʃən/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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Your planet damned itself to many bloody aeons by the rejection of Him, and your Religion has been blood, blood, blood!
J. L. KennonThe Planet Mars and Its Inhabitants, a Psychic RevelationProject Gutenberg ebook #563
"Right" and "wrong" are of course here used without conveying any rejection as to what ought or ought not to be.
Thorstein VeblenThe Theory of the Leisure ClassProject Gutenberg ebook #833
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It appears, therefore, that we must attribute the fact that they do not pair to their rejection by their normally coloured comrades.
Charles DarwinThe Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to SexProject Gutenberg ebook #2300
He now understood for the first time all the cruelty of his rejection of her, the cruelty of his rupture with her.
Leo, graf TolstoyWar and PeaceTranslated by Aylmer Maude; Louise MaudeProject Gutenberg ebook #2600