# rejection

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃən/ · frequency rank #8,339

## Definitions
1. The act of rejecting.
2. The state of being rejected.
3. A blocked shot.
4. An immune reaction of a host organism to a foreign biological tissue, such as in an organ transplant.

## Etymology
From French réjection or directly from Latin reiectiōnem, accusative of Latin reiectiō. Displaced native Old English āworpennes (literally “thrown-out-ness”).

## Easily confused with
- **retention** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rejection-vs-retention)
- **resection** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rejection-vs-resection)
- **reaction** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reaction-vs-rejection)
- **reduction** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reduction-vs-rejection)
- **reception** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reception-vs-rejection)
- **reflection** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reflection-vs-rejection)
- **reelection** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reelection-vs-rejection)

## Common misspellings (14)
`erjection`, `reejction`, `rejcetion`, `rejecction`, `rejeciton`, `rejecsion`, `rejectino`, `rejectionn`, `rejectoin`, `rejecttion`, `rejetcion`, `rejjection`, `rjeection`, `rrejection`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/rejection