rejection

rejection
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
Throwing away
Nouns — rejection, repudiation, exclusion, repulsion, rebuff; refusal, declination; disallowance, disavowal; veto; disbelief (see doubt); ostracism (see exclusion); relegation, dismissal, discard (see disuse). Informal, kick in the pants or teeth. Slang, brush-off, cold shoulder. See relinquishment.
Verbs
1. reject, repudiate, abandon, renounce, exclude, except, repulse, repel, rebuff, scorn, spurn, slight; set or lay aside, pass over, give up, cast off, dump, discard, cast behind one, cast to the winds, set at naught, throw to the dogs, toss overboard, throw away, wash one's hands of, have done with; scrap, dismiss, cashier, deport, eject, relegate, resist; jilt. Informal, brush off; opt out.
2. refuse, disallow, disapprove, disclaim, overrule, abnegate, abjure; veto, be deaf to.
Adjectives — rejected, repudiated, refused, not chosen, not granted, out of the question, impossible; unaccepted, unloved, unwelcome, discarded, castaway, excluded, jilted; rejective, repudiative.
Antonyms, see approbation, choice.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. denial, dismissal, rebuff, brushoff*; see refusal .
III
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. A negative response: nay, no, refusal. See AFFIRM. 2. A refusal to grant the truth of a statement or charge: contradiction, denial, disaffirmance, disaffirmation, disclaimer, negation. Law: traversal. See AFFIRM. 3. A turning down of a request: denial, disallowance, refusal, turndown. See ACCEPT.

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