rejection
nounEtymology
From French réjection or directly from Latin reiectiōnem, accusative of Latin reiectiō. Displaced native Old English āworpennes (literally “thrown-out-ness”).
- derived from reiectiō
- borrowed from reiectiōnem
- borrowed from réjection
Definitions
The act of rejecting.
- My offer was met with rejection
The state of being rejected.
A blocked shot.
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An immune reaction of a host organism to a foreign biological tissue, such as in an organ…
An immune reaction of a host organism to a foreign biological tissue, such as in an organ transplant.
The neighborhood
Derived
allorejection, antibody-mediated rejection, antirejection, desk rejection, immunorejection, nonrejection, overrejection, postrejection, prerejection, rejectional, rejectionism, rejectionist, rejectionistic, rejection nucleus, rejection region, rejection sampling, rejection sensitivity, rejection slip, xenorejection
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at rejection. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at rejection. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at rejection
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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