Meaning & use
Rejections
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Instances of refusing to accept, approve, or believe something or someone.
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The novelist papered her wall with rejections before finally landing a publishing deal.
The immune system's rejections of transplanted organs remain a major challenge in medicine.
A note on using this word
In medicine, "rejection" specifically describes the immune system attacking a transplanted organ or tissue it identifies as foreign.
Words with a similar meaning
refusalsdenials
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Words with an opposite meaning
acceptancesapprovals
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