Rejection — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the act of rejecting something

the state of being rejected

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɹᵻdʒˈɛkʃən/

🇬🇧British English

/ɹɪdʒˈɛkʃən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɹɪdʒˈɛkʃən/

3 syllables Say it as /ɹᵻdʒˈɛkʃən/.

Examples

his proposals were met with rejection
rejection of the transplanted liver

Synonyms & Antonyms

Antonyms

acceptance

Parts of Speech

noun	the act of rejecting something “his proposals were met with rejection”
noun	the state of being rejected
noun	(medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign “rejection of the transplanted liver”
noun	the speech act of rejecting

Word Forms

reject

verb

refuse to accept

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Ablehnung

der Akt, etwas abzulehnen

🇫🇷French

rejet

l'acte de rejeter quelque chose

🇪🇸Spanish

rechazo

el acto de rechazar algo

🇮🇹Italian

rifiuto

l'atto di rifiutare qualcosa

🇳🇱Dutch

afwijzing

de handeling van het afwijzen van iets

🇵🇹Portuguese

rejeição

o ato de rejeitar algo

🇷🇺Russian

отказ

акт отказа от чего-либо

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अस्वीकार

किसी चीज़ को अस्वीकार करने की क्रिया या भाव

🇧🇩Bengali

প্রত্যাখ্যান

কিছু প্রত্যাখ্যান করার কাজ

🇮🇳Tamil

நிராகரிப்பு

எதையாவது நிராகரிக்கும் செயல்

🇮🇳Telugu

తిరస్కరణ

ఏదో తిరస్కరించే చర్య

🇮🇳Marathi

नकार

काहीतरी नाकारण्याची क्रिया

🇮🇳Gujarati

અસ્વીકાર

કંઈક નકારવાની ક્રિયા

🇮🇳Kannada

ನಿರಾಕರಣೆ

ಏನನ್ನಾದರೂ ತಿರಸ್ಕರಿಸುವ ಕ್ರಿಯೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

തിരസ്കരണം

എന്തെങ്കിലും നിരസിക്കുന്ന പ്രവൃത്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਅਸਵੀਕਾਰ

ਕਿਸੇ ਚੀਜ਼ ਨੂੰ ਰੱਦ ਕਰਨ ਦੀ ਕਿਰਿਆ

🇵🇰Urdu

مسترد

کسی چیز کو مسترد کرنے کا عمل

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

拒绝

拒绝某事的行为

🇯🇵Japanese

拒絶

何かを拒否する行為

🇰🇷Korean

배제

무언가를 거부하는 행위

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự từ chối

hành động từ chối một cái gì đó

🇹🇭Thai

การปฏิเสธ

การปฏิเสธบางสิ่งบางอย่าง

🇮🇩Indonesian

penolakan

tindakan menolak sesuatu

🇵🇭Filipino

pagtanggi

ang pagkilos ng pagtanggi sa isang bagay

🇲🇾Malay

penolakan

perbuatan menolak sesuatu

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الرفض

فعل رفض شيء ما

🇮🇷Persian

رد کردن

عمل رد کردن چیزی

🇹🇷Turkish

ret

bir şeyi reddetme eylemi

🇮🇱Hebrew

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