Definition for Rejection:

• Act of rejecting: refusal.

Synonyms for Rejection:

• n.

  •
  • maltreatment,
  • atrocity,
  • abuse,
  • bullying,
  • inhumanity,
  • Brutalities,
  • cruelty,
  • barbarism,
  • evil,
  • savagery.
  •
  • disappointment,
  • affirm,
  • depression,
  • sadness,
  • sorrow,
  • distress,
  • regret,
  • grief,
  • misery,
  • desolation,
  • remorse.
  •
  • enclosure,
  • air letter,
  • acknowledgment,
  • chain letter,
  • dead letter,
  • Dear John letter,
  • circular,
  • answer,
  • cover letter,
  • billet doux.
  •
  • application,
  • accept,
  • affirmative action,
  • bidder,
  • biodata,
  • application form,
  • appraise,
  • apply,
  • appraisal,
  • applicant,
  • bid.
  •
  • graft.
  •abandonment (noun)
  • defection,
  • desertion.
  •abnegation (noun)
  • sur-render,
  • selfdenial,
  • self denial,
  • sur-renders,
  • sur render,
  • nixings,
  • sur renders,
  • giving ups,
  • eschewals.
  •act (noun)
  • rejection.
  •annulment (noun)
  • disavowal,
  • deletion,
  • abolishment,
  • destruction,
  • Disaffirmation,
  • divorce,
  • abolition,
  • retraction,
  • Extinguishment,
  • neutralization,
  • dissolution,
  • refutation,
  • invalidation,
  • annulment,
  • nullification,
  • revocation,
  • obliteration,
  • undoing.
  •brush-off (noun)
  • brush-off.
  •check (noun)
  • re strainers,
  • dis appointment,
  • re-verse,
  • dis-appointment,
  • re strainer,
  • dis-appointments,
  • re verse,
  • re-versal,
  • re versal,
  • re-strainer,
  • re-strainers,
  • dis appointments.
  •declination (noun)
  • de clines,
  • de cline,
  • de-cline,
  • declinings,
  • de-clines.
  •defection (noun)
  • dis-affections,
  • dis loyalty,
  • dis affection,
  • dis-affection,
  • re-volts,
  • dis-loyalty,
  • dis affections,
  • re-treat,
  • sunderings,
  • forsakings,
  • dis-loyalties,
  • re volts,
  • disownments,
  • dis loyalties,
  • re treats,
  • re-treats,
  • re volt,
  • re-volt.
  •denial (noun)
  • contradiction,
  • veto.
  •denial, refusal (noun)
  • repudiation,
  • bounce,
  • no go,
  • nix,
  • renunciation,
  • pass,
  • cold shoulder,
  • no dice,
  • Disallowance,
  • no way,
  • thumbs down,
  • dismissal.
  •desertion (noun)
  • de relicts,
  • de parting,
  • dis-avowing,
  • de-parting,
  • running out ons,
  • falling aways,
  • dis avowing,
  • de relict,
  • departings,
  • going back ons,
  • disavowings,
  • defectings,
  • de-partings,
  • maroonings,
  • de-relicts,
  • de partings,
  • de-relict.
  •disaffirmance (noun)
  • dis affirmance,
  • dis-affirmance,
  • dis-affirmances,
  • dis affirmances.
  •disaffirmation (noun)
  • dis affirmation,
  • dis-affirmation,
  • dis-affirmations,
  • dis affirmations.
  •disagreement (noun)
  • contention,
  • argument,
  • complaint,
  • dispute,
  • disagreement,
  • conflict,
  • divisiveness,
  • disunity,
  • dissent,
  • challenge,
  • opposition,
  • defiance,
  • disaccord.
  •disallowance (noun)
  • dis allowance,
  • dis-allowance,
  • dis-allowances,
  • dis allowances.
  •disbelief (noun)
  • unbelief,
  • mistrust,
  • Incredulousness,
  • unbelievingness,
  • Unfaith.
  •disuse (noun)
  • disuse,
  • abandonment,
  • refusal,
  • relinquishment,
  • obsoleteness,
  • Rustiness,
  • desuetude.
  •doubt (noun)
  • scruple,
  • agnosticism,
  • Uncertainties,
  • lack of confidence,
  • scruples,
  • waverings,
  • demurral.
  •elimination (noun)
  • dis-placement,
  • ex-termination,
  • ex termination,
  • dis cards,
  • dis-cards,
  • dis card,
  • ex terminations,
  • taking aways,
  • ex-terminations,
  • weeding outs,
  • dis placements,
  • dis-placements,
  • dis-card,
  • dis placement.
  •exception (noun)
  • non-inclusions,
  • debarments,
  • barrings,
  • exceptings,
  • non inclusions,
  • passing overs,
  • excusings,
  • disallowments,
  • non inclusion,
  • noninclusions.
  •exclusion (noun)
  • boycott,
  • removal,
  • exile,
  • deportation,
  • amputation,
  • disbarment,
  • proscription,
  • prohibition,
  • ban,
  • abscission,
  • excision,
  • banishment,
  • expatriation,
  • extradition,
  • forbiddance,
  • excommunication.
  •expulsion (noun)
  • emission,
  • disgorgement,
  • drainage,
  • secretion,
  • seepage,
  • eruption,
  • exhaustion,
  • evacuation,
  • excretion,
  • ejaculation,
  • exudation.
  •ostracism (noun)
  • cold shoulderings,
  • blackballings,
  • coldshouldering,
  • coldshoulderings,
  • cold-shoulderings,
  • shunnings,
  • cold shouldering.
  •prohibition (noun)
  • restriction,
  • preclusion,
  • injunction,
  • suppression,
  • prevention,
  • constraint,
  • restraint,
  • blockade,
  • bar.
  •rebuff (noun)
  • re buffs,
  • go-byes,
  • go byes,
  • kick teeth,
  • re buff,
  • re-buffs,
  • kick the teeth,
  • gobyes,
  • nothing doings,
  • re-buff.
  •recreance (noun)
  • re creance,
  • re-creances,
  • re creances,
  • re-creance.
  •refusal (noun)
  • declination,
  • disinclination,
  • repulsion,
  • disdain.
  •rejection (noun)
  • ejection,
  • curtailment,
  • expulsion,
  • Blackballing,
  • eradication,
  • blacklisting,
  • disapproval.
  •renunciation (noun)
  • nonacceptance.
  •riddance (noun)
  • disposal,
  • cancellation,
  • capitulation,
  • riddance,
  • release,
  • relegation.
  •seclusion (noun)
  • confinement,
  • xenophobia,
  • aloneness,
  • loneliness,
  • detachment,
  • apartheid,
  • aloofness,
  • solitude,
  • captivity,
  • misanthropy,
  • segregation,
  • anonymity,
  • extirpation,
  • separation,
  • isolation,
  • alienation,
  • Reclusion,
  • standoffishness,
  • seclusion.
  •slight (noun)
  • dis regard,
  • dis-courtesies,
  • call downs,
  • dis regards,
  • dis courtesy,
  • in-difference,
  • dis-courtesy,
  • dis courtesies,
  • call-downs,
  • in difference,
  • slap face,
  • in attention,
  • in differences,
  • in-attention,
  • in-attentions,
  • calldown,
  • in-differences,
  • calldowns,
  • dis-regards,
  • in attentions,
  • dis-regard.
  •unbelief (noun)
  • un belief,
  • un-belief,
  • un-beliefs,
  • un beliefs.
  •waiver (noun)
  • fore-goings,
  • fore going,
  • fore goings,
  • tablings,
  • setting asides,
  • foregoings,
  • re-mission,
  • re mission,
  • re missions,
  • fore-going,
  • re-missions.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • interdiction,
  • blood bank,
  • blood donor,
  • xenotransplant,
  • donor card,
  • nay,
  • turndown,
  • rebuttal,
  • traversal,
  • disclaimer,
  • Disaffirmance.
  •
  • donation,
  • donate,
  • donor,
  • no.,
  • silence.
  •
  • revolt.
  •
  • transplant.
  •
  • resistance.
  •elimination
  • disqualification.

Paraphrases for Rejection:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    refusal, refusals.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    refusal.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    repudiation, renunciation, aversion, abandonment, rebuff.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    Rejecting, Refusing.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Rejecting, exclusion, objection, disavowal, termination, disqualification, revocation, disagreement, reluctance, non-admission, failure, cancellation, unwillingness, resistance, disgust, discard, resignation, inadmissibility, dislike, censure, rescission, alienation, elimination, Refusing, exclusiveness, repeal, removal, abrogation, repulsion, conviction, estrangement, referral, marginalization, deportation, boycott, withdrawal, deny, refutation, expulsion, intolerance.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    declining, Dismissing, Refusing.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    reject, rejects, rejected, denial, dismissal.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    condemnation, negation, disapproval, abhorrence, opposition, revulsion, non-acceptance, reject, rejects, refoulement, Discarding, Disallowance, denunciation, rejected, ostracism, denial, dissent, relinquishment, defeat, negative, dismissal.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Rejecting.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    rejects.

Antonyms for Rejection:

• n.

  • denial, refusal
    approval, acceptance, ratification, sanction, choice, welcome, allowance.
  • Other antonyms:
    confirmation, stamp, validation, permission, imprimatur, assent, acquiescence, attestation, documentation, grant, seal, testimony, substantiation, assertion, signature, affirmation, corroboration, agreement, declaration, testament.

Rejection Sentence Examples:

• That was during September, I think, and Tish had just received her third rejection.

• There were many of the audience collected round the carriage at the time, who, witnessing my rejection of the insulted colours, again loudly cheered me; but insisted on the officer's placing the hat and cloak in the carriage, which drove off amidst the most violent acclamations.

Homophones for Rejection:

• residuum, rest on, ragtime, rest home, resection, ruction, restitution, requisition, reaction, right on, rectum, rhizotomy, right-down, rogation, roystonea, recitation, Reichstein, recusation, rhizoctinia, rigatoni, resuscitation.

Hypernym for Rejection:

• n.

  • act
    displacement, brush-off, nonacceptance, dodging, avoidance, forgoing, turning away, turndown, banishment, abandonment, forsaking, desertion, proscription, renunciation, shunning, forswearing.
  • communication
    repudiation, rebuff, short shrift, snub, repulse, summary treatment, renunciation.
  • state
    renunciation, disfavour, disfavor, reprobation, exclusion, defection, excommunication, censure, apostasy.

Hyponym for Rejection:

• n.

  • act
    act, human action, human activity, deed.
  • communication
    speech act.
  • phenomenon
    organic phenomenon.
  • state
    situation, state of affairs.