rejection

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. noun the act of rejecting something
  2. noun the state of being rejected
  3. noun (medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign

Etymology

From French réjection or directly from Latin reiectiōnem, accusative of Latin reiectiō. Displaced native Old English āworpennes (literally “thrown-out-ness”).

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