outright rejection

collocation in English

meaningsofoutrightandrejection

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outright
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈaʊt.raɪt/us
/ˈaʊt.raɪt/
complete:
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rejection
noun
uk
/rɪˈdʒek.ʃən/us
/rɪˈdʒek.ʃən/
the act of refusing to accept, use, or believe someone ...
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(Definition ofoutrightandrejectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofoutright rejection

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However, because they require either anoutrightrejectionor revision of (3), they are wholly inadequate at reconciling (3) with (1) and (2).
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These reactions might be interpreted as anoutrightrejectionof discussion as a means to transforming preferences and moving towards consensus.
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Yet the amendment would make it impossible for us to act if there had not beenoutrightrejectionby one party.
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I do not think that anoutrightrejectionis likely.
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We must be able to deal with a situation in which there has not beenoutrightrejection.
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The spectrum extends fromoutrightrejectionto qualified approval.
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Our aim was not just to avoidoutrightrejection, but to gain their support for the agreement.
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I believe that there should be a speedy andoutrightrejectionof the report with regard to housing numbers.
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We on this side have made clear ouroutrightrejectionof those terms.
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Was that the occasion when they made theiroutrightrejectionclear?
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Parts of it are excellent—indeed much of it is excellent—but some other parts need amendment or should be approached with scepticism, and one or two needoutrightrejection.
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But the answer was a flat andoutrightrejection, coupled with an accusation that a great proportion of the metropolitan countries had "bones of jelly" and were guilty of appeasement.
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This it already has the means to do, even on secondary legislation, by various devices drawing attention to concerns about individual instruments which fall short ofoutrightrejection.
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Tory policy before the election was clear:outrightrejectionof the case for incorporation.
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His peremptory manner and high standards, leading to anoutrightrejectionof some manuscripts, resulted in a number of bruised personalities.
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It is admittedly important that the book itself begins with anoutrightrejectionof system.
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Long-time colonists warned him against this course, but he pursued it, tooutrightrejectionby the local sachems, or chiefs.
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Outrightrejectionis possible for a name at any rank.
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The encyclical does not endorse a comprehensive belief in evolution, nor itsoutrightrejection, because it deemed the evidence at the time not convincing.
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All scientific knowledge is subject to later refinement, or evenoutrightrejection, in the face of additional evidence.
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