rejection
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(noun) the act of rejecting something; "his proposals were met with rejection" |
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Related Words: abandonment, act, avoidance, banishment, brush-off, desertion, displacement, dodging, forgoing, forsaking, forswearing, human action, human activity, nonacceptance, proscription, renunciation, shunning, turndown, turning away |
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(noun) the speech act of rejecting |
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Related Words: rebuff, renunciation, repudiation, repulse, short shrift, snub, speech act, summary treatment |
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(noun) the state of being rejected |
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Related Words: apostasy, censure, defection, disfavor, disfavour, exclusion, excommunication, renunciation, situation, state of affairs |
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Antonyms: acceptance |
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