Synonyms for rejection
re·jec·tion

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1. rejection

   Synonyms:
   departure, egress, ejection, exclusion, exit, expulsion, refusal, withdrawal

   Antonyms:
   access, accession, adit, admission, admittance, approach, door, doorway, entrance, entrée, entry, gate, gateway, ingress, inlet, introduction, opening, penetration, portal

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1. rejectionnoun

   the act of rejecting something

   "his proposals were met with rejection"

   Antonyms:
   acceptance

2. rejectionnoun

   the state of being rejected

   Antonyms:
   acceptance

3. rejectionnoun

   (medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign

   "rejection of the transplanted liver"

   Antonyms:
   acceptance

4. rejectionnoun

   the speech act of rejecting

   Antonyms:
   acceptance

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1. • Act
   • Medicine
   • Organic Phenomenon
   • Situation
   • Speech Act

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1. rejectionnoun

   Synonyms:
   exclusion

2. rejectionnoun

   Synonyms:
   declination, refusal, repudiation

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1. rejectionnoun

   Synonyms:
   refusal, declination, rebuff, repulse, discarding, repudiation

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1. List of paraphrases for "rejection":

   refusal, reject, denial, repudiation, release, dismissal, rejected, discharge, rejecting, disapproval, refused, non-acceptance, discarding, refusing, opposition, releases, disallowance, refusals, non-admission, abhorrence

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How to use rejection in a sentence?

1. William Galperin:

   The novel is extremely good at demonstrating that tension( between love and duty), whereas the film just kind of flattens that into an early rejection.

2. Anthony Liccione:

   That rejection you went through, don't have it bring you down. It's only a splash in an ocean of opportunities.

3. President Obama:

   What greater rejection of those who would tear down our world than marshaling our best efforts to save it?

4. Bill Cosby:

   I don’t hear her say anything .?.?. And so I continue and I go into the area that is somewhere between permission and rejection.

5. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy:

   Speaker Pelosi's rejection of the Republican nominees to serve on the committee and self-appointment of members who share Speaker Pelosi pre-conceived narrative will not yield a serious investigation.