rejection
(noun) the act of rejecting something; “his proposals were met with rejection”
rejection
(noun) the speech act of rejecting
rejection
(noun) (medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign; “rejection of the transplanted liver”
rejection
(noun) the state of being rejected
Source: WordNet® 3.1
rejection (countable and uncountable, plural rejections)
The act of rejecting.
The state of being rejected.
(sports) A blocked shot.
• (state of being rejected): rejectedness
Source: Wiktionary
Re*jec"tion (r-jk"shn), n. Etym: [L. rejectio: cf. F. réjection.]
Definition: Act of rejecting, or state of being rejected.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
14 December 2024
(adjective) open and genuine; not deceitful; “he was a good man, decent and sincere”; “felt sincere regret that they were leaving”; “sincere friendship”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
