Antonyms for rejectionre·jec·tion

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1. rejection

   Antonyms:
   access, accession, adit, admission, admittance, approach, door, doorway, entrance, entrée, entry, gate, gateway, ingress, inlet, introduction, opening, penetration, portal

   Synonyms:
   departure, egress, ejection, exclusion, exit, expulsion, refusal, withdrawal

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1. • Act
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   • Situation
   • Speech Act

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rejectionnoun

   the act of rejecting something

   "his proposals were met with rejection"

   Antonyms:
   acceptance

2. rejectionnoun

   the state of being rejected

   Antonyms:
   acceptance

3. rejectionnoun

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

   "rejection of the transplanted liver"

   Antonyms:
   acceptance

4. rejectionnoun

   the speech act of rejecting

   Antonyms:
   acceptance

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1. rejectionnoun

   Synonyms:
   refusal, declination, rebuff, repulse, discarding, repudiation

How to use rejection in a sentence?

1. Anthony Liccione:

   That rejection you went through, don't have it bring you down. It's only a splash in an ocean of opportunities.

2. Veryan Khan:

   Add to this the measures France has taken to protect itself against the insider threat it faces, including banning the niqab (veil or mask), plus the usual complaints that Western religious freedom actually oppresses Muslims by exposing them to what they find morally reprehensible, and there you get the reason for their repeated, triumphal rejection of France.

3. Jeff Kaufmann:

   Iowans are rejecting Biden in large numbers. I mean, the independents that are rejecting Biden, Iowa Democrats are rejecting Biden. So the question really isn't Biden's standing, it's if the rejection of Biden is going to affect other Democrats. I mean, that really is the question here.

4. Mitch Prinstein:

   Research now reveals that social rejection activates the same regions of the brain that are known to respond to physical pain, and also expresses dormant DNA to prepare our bodies for imminent injury. Unfortunately, this response is no longer necessary, so the expression of these genes leaves us more vulnerable to viral infections and more likely to suffer from inflammation-related illnesses.

5. Gwinnett County spokesman Joe Sorenson:

   The handling of absentee ballot applications and the acceptance and rejection of ballots by Gwinnett County( have) complied with the law and will continue to do so.

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