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Meaning of 'rejection' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Rejection [ n.]
- Act of rejecting, or state of being rejected.

Meaning of 'rejection' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . rejection [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the act of rejecting something
Example in sentence:
  • his proposals were met with rejection
Meaning (2):
- (medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign
Example in sentence:
  • rejection of the transplanted liver

Nearby Words:

reject rejectable rejectamenta rejectaneous rejected rejecter rejecting rejectitious rejective rejectment

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  • Disparate Rejection Rates
    A test for adverse impact in which it can be demonstrated that there is a discrimination between rates of rejection of members of a protected group and of others.

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