| Engelsk substantiv: rejection | 
| 1. | rejection (om handling) the act of rejecting something | 
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 | Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | His proposals were met with rejection. 
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 | Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | act, deed, human action, human activity | 
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 | Mere spesifikke uttrykk | abandonment, avoidance, banishment, brush-off, desertion, displacement, dodging, forgoing, forsaking, forswearing, nonacceptance, proscription, renunciation, shunning, turndown, turning away | 
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| 2. | rejection (om tilstand) the state of being rejected | 
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 | Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | situation, state of affairs | 
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 | Mere spesifikke uttrykk | apostasy, censure, defection, disfavor, disfavour, exclusion, excommunication, renunciation, reprobation | 
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 | Uttrykk med motsatt betydning (antonymer) | acceptance | 
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| 3. | rejection (om fenomen) (medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign | 
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 | Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Rejection of the transplanted liver. 
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 | Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | organic phenomenon | 
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 | Overordnet kategori | medical specialty, medicine | 
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| 4. | rejection (om kommunikasjon) the speech act of rejecting | 
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 | Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | speech act | 
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 | Mere spesifikke uttrykk | rebuff, renunciation, repudiation, repulse, short shrift, snub, summary treatment | 
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