rejection

1. The act of rejecting something (synset 100204191)
   "his proposals were met with rejection"
   is a type of: act, deed, human action, human activity - something that people do or cause to happen
   subtypes:

   • brush-off - a curt or disdainful rejection
   • avoidance, dodging, shunning, turning away - deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening
   • abandonment, desertion, forsaking - the act of giving something up
   • forgoing, forswearing, renunciation - the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.)
   • nonacceptance, turndown - the act of refusing an offer
   • banishment, proscription - rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone
   • displacement - act of removing from office or employment
2. The state of being rejected (synset 113960587)
   is a type of: situation, state of affairs - the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time
   subtypes:

   • apostasy, defection, renunciation - the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)
   • disfavor, disfavour - the state of being out of favor
   • censure, exclusion, excommunication - the state of being excommunicated
   • reprobation - rejection by God; the state of being condemned to eternal misery in Hell
3. (medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign (synset 111525736)
   "rejection of the transplanted liver"
   referred to in: medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
   is a type of: organic phenomenon - (biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals
4. The speech act of rejecting (synset 107221933)
   is a type of: speech act - the use of language to perform some act
   subtypes:

   • renunciation, repudiation - rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid
   • rebuff, repulse, snub - an instance of driving away or warding off
   • short shrift, summary treatment - a brief and unsympathetic rejection

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