rejection

English

Etymology

From French réjection or directly from Latin reiectiōnem, accusative of Latin reiectiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹəˈdʒɛkʃən/
• Rhymes: -ɛkʃən

Noun

rejection (countable and uncountable, plural rejections)

1. The act of rejecting.
2. The state of being rejected.
3. (sports) A blocked shot.

Synonyms

• (state of being rejected): rejectedness

Derived terms

• rejection letter
• rejection slip

Translations

the act of rejecting

• Armenian: մերժում (hy) (meržum)
• Catalan: rebuig (ca) m, refús (ca) m
• Czech: odmítnutí (cs) n
• Esperanto: malakcepto
• French: refus (fr), rejet (fr)
• Galician: rexeitamento (gl) m
• German: Ablehnung (de) f
• Greek: απάρνηση (el) f (apárnisi)
• Indonesian: penolakan (id)
• Irish: dearadh m
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• Italian: rifiuto (it)
• Latin: reiectiō f, repulsa f
• Maori: akiritanga
• Polish: odmowa (pl) f, odrzucenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: rejeição (pt) f
• Russian: отка́з (ru) m (otkáz), отклоне́ние (ru) n (otklonénije), неприя́тие (ru) n (neprijátije), неприня́тие (ru) n (neprinjátije)
• Scottish Gaelic: diùltadh m
• Spanish: rechazo (es) m
• Telugu: తిరస్కారము (te) (tiraskāramu), తిరస్కృతి (te) (tiraskr̥ti)