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rejection

[ ri-jek-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the act or process of rejecting.

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  2. the state of being rejected.

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  3. something that is rejected.


rejection

  1. A process in which the immune system of a body attacks an organ or tissue, either its own or tissue transplanted into it from another organism. ( See xenotransplantation .)
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Notes

Rejection is the most serious problem faced in surgery involving organ transplants. Drugs are used to suppress the immune system after organ transplant in order to prevent the rejection of and eventual death of the transplanted tissue.
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Other Word Forms

  • ԴDzr·tDz noun
  • r·tDz noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of rejection1

First recorded in 1545–55; from Latin ŧ𳦳پō-, stem of ŧ𳦳پō “a throwing back”; equivalent to reject + -ion
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A moment of rejection and a resulting shift to realpolitik that the famed Victorian realist Hardy would have been proud of.

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Addressing Ms Lloyd, she said that she was once her friend but was met with "blame, rejection and gaslighting" by Ms Lloyd when she tried to "shift blame" onto Paul.

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There are dozens of anecdotes about humbling first jobs and dealing with rejection.

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So, too, could the round of rejections he got after trying to shop around six demos to no avail, but despite the elements putting up a fierce battle, Adebimpe prevailed.

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It’s a jubilant rejection of the guilt-laden connotations often associated with cannabis and food.

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