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rejection
noun(re-jec-tion)
the action of rejecting : the state of being rejected
rejection
noun(re-jec-tion)
an immune response in which foreign tissue (as of a skin graft or transplanted organ) is attacked by immune system components of the recipient organism
rejection
noun(re-jec-tion)
something rejected
rejection
verb(re-jec-tion)
to refuse to accept, consider, submit to, take for some purpose, or use
rejection
verb(re-jec-tion)
to refuse to hear, receive, or admit : rebuff, repel
rejection
verb(re-jec-tion)
to refuse as lover or spouse
rejection
noun(re-jec-tion)
a printed slip enclosed with a rejected manuscript returned by an editor to an author
rejection
noun(re-jec-tion)
a letter informing a person of being turned down (as for a job, school enrollment, etc.) : a letter saying that something a person has written, made, etc., has been turned down (as for publication)

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