rejection
noun
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of rejecting something
his proposals were met with rejection
Types & categories
- human action hypernym
- brush-off hyponym
- avoidance hyponym
- abandonment hyponym
- forgoing hyponym
- nonacceptance hyponym
- banishment hyponym
- displacement hyponym
Related & opposite
- reject derivation
- disapprove derivation
- turn down derivation
Sense 2 noun
the state of being rejected
Types & categories
- situation hypernym
- apostasy hyponym
- disfavor hyponym
- excommunication hyponym
- reprobation hyponym
Related & opposite
- acceptance antonym
Sense 3 noun
(medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign
rejection of the transplanted liver
Types & categories
- organic phenomenon hypernym
Related & opposite
- medicine domain topic
Sense 4 noun
the speech act of rejecting
Types & categories
- speech act hypernym
- renunciation hyponym
- snub hyponym
- short shrift hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | reject |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | disapprove |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | turn down |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | human action |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | brush-off |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | avoidance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | abandonment |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | forgoing |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nonacceptance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | banishment |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | displacement |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | acceptance |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | situation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | apostasy |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | disfavor |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | excommunication |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | reprobation |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | medicine |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | organic phenomenon |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | speech act |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | renunciation |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | snub |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | short shrift |