nnoun.actthe act of rejecting somethingExamples:- his proposals were met with rejection
Derivationally Related Form:reject
Hypernyms:act deed human action human activity
Inherited Hypernyms:rejectionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:abandonmentavoidancebanishmentbrush-offdesertiondisplacementdodgingforgoingforsakingforswearingnonacceptanceproscriptionrenunciationshunningturndownturning away
Full Hyponyms:abandonmentabnegationanathematizationapostasyaversionavoidancebanishmentbarringboltbrush-offdefenestrationdeportationdepositiondisbarmentdisplacementejectionescapeexcommunicationexileexposureforsakingnear thingnonacceptanceostracismousterrelegationrenunciationrustication
nnoun.statethe state of being rejectedAntonyms:acceptance
Hypernyms:situation state of affairs
Inherited Hypernyms:rejectionsituationstateattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:apostasycensuredefectiondisfavordisfavourexclusionexcommunicationrenunciationreprobation
Full Hyponyms:apostasydisfavorexcommunicationreprobationwilderness
nnoun.phenomenon(medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreignTopic:medical specialtymedicine
Examples:- rejection of the transplanted liver
Hypernyms:organic phenomenon
Inherited Hypernyms:rejectionorganic phenomenonnatural phenomenonphenomenonprocessphysical entityentity
nnoun.communicationthe speech act of rejectingHypernyms:speech act
Inherited Hypernyms:rejectionspeech actacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:rebuffrenunciationrepudiationrepulseshort shriftsnubsummary treatment
Full Hyponyms:disclaimerdisownmentrebuffrepudiationshort shrift