the act of refusing to accept or consider something

the act of refusing to accept somebody for a job, position, etc.

the decision not to use, sell, publish, etc. something because its quality is not good enough

I've had letters of rejection from several publishers.

Everyone from George Orwell to JK Rowling has had rejection slips.

the failure of somebody's body to accept a new organ after a transplant operation

He had a second lung transplant after rejection of the first.

failure to give a person or an animal enough love or care 

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