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# rejection

«rejection» in Mova's school dictionary: **refusing to accept, use or agree to something: the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (rejection, rejections)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Rejection is refusing to accept, use or agree to something: the rejection of a plan or an offer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rejection/#m1)

2) Rejection is also the feeling of being unwanted or not chosen by someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rejection/#m2)

3) (medicine) Rejection is when the body attacks a new organ after a transplant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rejection/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and lessons on feelings, rejection hurts — not being picked for a team or invited to a party — and lessons teach how to cope and how to include others. In science, the body's rejection of a transplanted organ is fought with medicines. Authors and inventors often face many rejections before success.

### examples

- Not being picked for the team felt like rejection. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rejection/#x1)
- J. K. Rowling had many rejections before her first book was published. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rejection/#x2)
- His plan met with rejection from the whole class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rejection/#x3)
- Fear of rejection stopped her from asking to join the game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rejection/#x4)
- Doctors give medicine to stop the rejection of a new kidney. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rejection/#x5)
- The letter was a polite rejection. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rejection/#x6)
- Learning to deal with rejection makes you stronger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rejection/#x7)

### note

Countable (a rejection, rejections) or uncountable (fear of rejection). Verb: reject. Rejection of an idea is not rejection of you as a person.

### In the corpora

- [Most actors are not famous; many do small roles, adverts and voice work, and face many auditions and rejections.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/39-art-as-a-job-who-makes-art-money-fame-and-hard-work/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «rejection» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rejection/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.