Antonyms of noun rejection

1 of 4 senses of rejection

Sense 2
rejection -- (the state of being rejected)
       Antonym of acceptance (Sense 3)
      => acceptance -- (the state of being acceptable and accepted; "torn jeans received no acceptance at the country club")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun rejection

4 senses of rejection

Sense 1
rejection -- (the act of rejecting something; "his proposals were met with rejection")
       => act, deed, human action, human activity -- (something that people do or cause to happen)

Sense 2
rejection -- (the state of being rejected)
       => situation, state of affairs -- (the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time; "the present international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin D.Roosevelt)

Sense 3
rejection -- ((medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign; "rejection of the transplanted liver")
       => organic phenomenon -- ((biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals)

Sense 4
rejection -- (the speech act of rejecting)
       => speech act -- (the use of language to perform some act)

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