rejection

re|jec|tion [ rı`dʒekʃən ] noun **

▸ 1 of offer/request etc.

▸ 2 of belief/system etc.

▸ 3 when someone does not love someone

▸ 4 refusal for job/course

▸ 5 organ transplant failure

1. ) count or uncount a refusal of an offer, proposal, or request:

The rejection of the peace plan raises the threat of a more general war.

Approval or rejection of the project is up to the Italian cultural affairs minister.

2. ) count or uncount a refusal to accept or support a belief, system, etc.:

an outright rejection of authority

3. ) count or uncount a refusal to show someone the love or kindness that they need or expect:

Fear of rejection prevents many people from forming close relationships.

a ) uncount the feeling that someone does not love or want you:

Many of the counselors have themselves experienced failure and rejection as children.

4. ) count or uncount a refusal to accept someone for a job or course of study

a ) count a letter that tells you that you did not get a job or were not accepted by a school

5. ) count or uncount the failure of someone's body to accept a new organ in a TRANSPLANT operation