rejection English · revision 15251

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1552|origins=la iaciō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /rɪˈdʒekʃ(ə)n/, /rəˈdʒekʃ(ə)n/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|frm|réjection]] or directly [[la|reiectiō|t=a throwing back]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from the past participle stem of [[m|la|reiciō|t=to throw back]] (see [[reject]]).^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The act of throwing off or away, refusal to accept or grant: 1552 in the OED, the 1550s in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) An earlier use, the setting aside of a wife, divorce, is from the mid-15th century,^(Etymonline) and Merriam-Webster gives the 15th century.^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As something rejected, it meant excrement from 1605 and in the 19th century.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) The psychological sense, emotional rejection especially by a parent, is from 1931,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) in electronics the attenuating of an unwanted signal from 1940,^(OED 1989) and the failure of a transplanted organ in the body from 1954.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) A rejection slip, a publisher's refusal, is from 1907.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * mid-15th century – divorce.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1552 – refusal.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1907 – rejection slip.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1931 – emotional rejection.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1954 – rejection of a transplant.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The act of [[reject|alt=rejecting]] or the state of being rejected.^(AHD)

+ # Something rejected.^(AHD)

+ # ''(medicine)'' The failure of the body to accept a [[transplant|alt=transplanted]] [[organ]] or tissue.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[antirejection]]

+ * [[nonrejection]]

+ * [[prerejection]]

+ * [[rejectionist]]

+ * [[rejection region]]

+ * [[rejection slip]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[reject]]

+ * [[eject]]

+ * [[project]]

+ * [[inject]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}