Every successful writer has a drawer full of rejection letters.
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Rejection
/ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃən/
Synonyms for "rejection" (280 found)
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Closest matches (56)
Noun(7 words)
abjurationabnegationagnosticismagreement to disagreealienationallergyapostasyatheismbanbarbarringblackballblackballingblockadebootbooting outboycottbuckingcastawaycastoff
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challengecircumscriptioncold shouldercomplaintcontemptcontentioncontrabandcontradictioncontrapositioncontraventioncontraversioncounter culturecounter-culturecounteractioncounterworkingcrosscurrentcrossingdebarmentdebarringdeclensiondeclinationdeclinaturedecliningdeep sixdefectiondefenestrationdemarcationdenial
Verb(1 words)
deny lineage
Strong matches (84)
Verb(4 words)
Noun(10 words)
deprivationdespitedetrusiondifferencedim viewdisaccorddisagreementdisallowancedisappointmentdisapprobationdisapprovaldisbeliefdiscarddiscardingdischargedisclaimerdisclamationdiscontentdiscontentednessdiscontentment
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discreditdisenchantmentdisesteemdisfavordisgruntlementdisillusiondisillusionmentdismissaldisobediencedisownmentdisparitydispleasuredisposaldisregarddisrespectdissatisfactiondissensiondissentdissentiencedissidencedistastediversitydropping outdumpingeighteenth amendmentejectionejectmenteliminationembargoexceptionexclusionexpulsionextrusionforbiddanceforbidden fruitforbiddinghead windheresyholding backimpugnationimpugnmentinability to believeinadmissibilityincredulityindexindex expurgatoriusindex librorum prohibitorumindignationinfidelityinhibition
Related words (140)
injunctioninterdictinterdictioninterdictumjettisonjunkingkicking downstairslawlockoutlow estimationlow opinionminimifidianismminority opinionmisbeliefnarrowingnaynegationnegativenegative answernix
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nono nono-nononacceptancenonadmissionnonagreementnonassentnonbeliefnoncompliancenonconcurrencenonconformitynonconsentnonobservancenullifidianismobjectionobtrusionomissionopposingoppositionopposureoppugnationostracismousteroustingpassing bypreclusionpreventionprohibitionprohibition partyprohibitory injunctionproscriptionprotestrebuffrebutmentrebuttalrecantationrecusancerecusancyrefusalrefuserejectrejectamentarelegationremovalrenunciationrepressionrepudiationrepulseresistancerestrictionrestrictive covenantsretentionruling outscornscoutingscrappingsecessionspurningstanding againststatutesumptuary lawssuppressionsuspensiontaboothe bootthe bouncethrowawaythrowing outthumbs downthumbs-downtraversalturndownunbeliefunbelievingnessundercurrentundergroundunhappinessunwillingnessvariancevetovolstead actwithdrawalwithholdingzoningzoning laws
Noun(32 words)
invalidationinvitation rejectionitalian negarejiltjiltingjiltsmukataanegatingnegationsnixednixingoutcastrebuffrebuffingrebuffsrecoilsrefusalrefusalsrefuse to considerrefuse to contract
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refusingrejectingrenunciationsrepudiatingrepudiationsshameshunsstrong disapprovalvetoveto powervetoesvetoing
Verb(2 words)
overrulessuffer defeat
Adjective(1 words)
polite decline
Related word relations
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More general
15 entriesactdecisiondeedemotionevaluationexperiencefeelinghuman actionhuman activityjudgmentorganic phenomenonoutcomesituationspeech actstate of affairs
More specific
9 entriesapplication rejectiondenial of requestgrant rejectionmanuscript rejectionpeer rejectionrefusal of proposalrejection letterromantic rejectionsocial exclusion feeling
Collocations
6 entriesletter of rejectionrejection letterrejection noticerejection raterejection slipsocial rejection
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
5 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSample sentences
11 total sentences available.
By the fiftieth heartbreak, rejection becomes much easier to handle.
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Rejection hurts.
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Tom took the rejection hard.
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