rejection - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the act of rejecting something

Synonyms

• rejection

More generic

• act
• deed
• human action
• human activity

More specific

• abandonment
• avoidance
• banishment
• brush-off
• desertion
• displacement
• dodging
• forgoing
• forsaking
• forswearing
• nonacceptance
• proscription
• renunciation
• shunning
• turndown
• turning away

Noun

the speech act of rejecting

Synonyms

• rejection

More generic

• speech act

More specific

• rebuff
• renunciation
• repudiation
• repulse
• short shrift
• snub
• summary treatment

Noun

(medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign

Synonyms

• rejection

More generic

• organic phenomenon

Noun

the state of being rejected

Synonyms

• rejection

More generic

• situation
• state of affairs

Opposite / Antonyms

• acceptance

More specific

• apostasy
• censure
• defection
• disfavor
• disfavour
• exclusion
• excommunication
• renunciation
• reprobation

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