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Where does “rejection” come from?

Rejection comes from French réjection, meaning the action of rejecting or throwing back.

rejection (English): The act of rejecting; The state of being...

Definitions

  1. The act of rejecting; The state of being...

Ancestry of “rejection”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchréjection—

Words derived from “rejection”

  • rejectionist
  • antirejection
  • rejectionism
  • nonrejection
  • allorejection
  • overrejection
  • prerejection
  • postrejection
  • rejectionistic
Every word from French réjection →