rejection
/ɹɪˈdʒekʃən/rih-JEK-shuhn
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ɹɪˈdʒɛkʃən/rih-JEK-shuhn
Meaningthe act of rejecting
Common meaning: refusing to accept someone or something
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- reagain; back
- jectto throw, hurlLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1009 · scan
- ionnoun ending: act or result
‘again’ + ‘to throw, hurl’ → rejection
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Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Formed in English from reject + -ion.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), REJECT, p.499 · scan
Roots
- iaciō (jaciō), iēcī, iactum Latin “to throw, hurl”
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