Meanings
plural rejections
- countableuncountableThe act of rejecting.
My offer was met with rejection
Synonyms: denial, nonassent, objection, abnegation, declination, denial, turndown, disapproval
- countableuncountablehobbiesA blocked shot.
- countableuncountablemedicineAn immune reaction of a host organism to a foreign biological tissue, such as in an organ transplant.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe act of rejecting.
nounThe state of being rejected.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinreiectiō
- Latinreiectiōnem
- Frenchréjection
- Englishrejection
From French réjection or directly from Latin reiectiōnem, accusative of Latin reiectiō. Displaced native Old English āworpennes (literally “thrown-out-ness”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic رَفْض, إِبَاء
- رَفْض (rafḍ)act of rejecting
- إِبَاء (ʔibāʔ)act of rejecting
Bulgarian отхвъ́рляне, о́тказ
- отхвъ́рляне (othvắrljane)act of rejecting
- о́тказ (ótkaz)act of rejecting
Catalan rebuig, refús
- rebuigact of rejecting
- refúsact of rejecting
Chinese Cantonese 拒絕 /拒绝
- 拒絕 /拒绝 (keoi⁵ zyut⁶)act of rejecting
Chinese Mandarin 拒絕 /拒绝
- 拒絕 /拒绝 (jùjué)act of rejecting
Czech odmítnutí
- odmítnutíact of rejecting
Dutch afwijzing
- afwijzingact of rejecting
Esperanto malakcepto
- malakceptoact of rejecting
Finnish hylkääminen, hylkäys
- hylkääminenact of rejecting
- hylkäysact of rejecting
- hylätyksi tuleminenstate of being rejected
- hylkiminenmedicine: immune reaction to foreign tissue
French refus, rejet
- refusact of rejecting
- rejetact of rejecting
German Ablehnung
- Ablehnungact of rejecting
Greek απάρνηση
- απάρνηση (apárnisi)act of rejecting
Hungarian elutasítás, visszautasítás
- elutasításact of rejecting
- visszautasításact of rejecting
- elvetésact of rejecting
- kilökődésmedicine: immune reaction to foreign tissue
Indonesian penolakan
- penolakanact of rejecting
Irish dearadh
- dearadhact of rejecting
Italian rifiuto
- rifiutoact of rejecting
Japanese 拒絶
- 拒絶 (kyozetsu)act of rejecting
Korean 거절
- 거절 (geojeol)act of rejecting
Latin reiectiō, repulsa
- reiectiōact of rejecting
- repulsaact of rejecting
Māori akiritanga
- akiritangaact of rejecting
Polish odmowa, odrzucenie
- odmowaact of rejecting
- odrzucenieact of rejecting
Portuguese rejeição
- rejeiçãoact of rejecting
Russian отка́з, отклоне́ние
- отка́з (otkáz)act of rejecting
- отклоне́ние (otklonénije)act of rejecting
- неприя́тие (neprijátije)act of rejecting
- неприня́тие (neprinjátije)act of rejecting
Scottish Gaelic diùltadh
- diùltadhact of rejecting
Slovak odmietnutie
- odmietnutieact of rejecting
Spanish rechazo, rechazamiento
- rechazoact of rejecting
- rechazamientoact of rejecting
- rechazamientostate of being rejected
- rechazostate of being rejected
Ukrainian відмо́ва, відхи́лення
- відмо́ва (vidmóva)act of rejecting
- відхи́лення (vidxýlennja)act of rejecting
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with rejection
Cite this entry
rejection. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rejection
“rejection.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rejection. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rejection,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rejection.
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