noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ outright , total , wholesale
▪ explicit
▪ deliberate
▪ knee-jerk
▪
There is often a knee-jerk ~ of new ideas.
VERB + REJECTION
▪ fear
▪
Children who have had bad experiences fear ~.
▪ risk
▪ cope with , deal with , handle , take
▪
It takes a strong personality to cope with ~.
REJECTION + NOUN
▪ letter , slip
▪
a publisher's ~ slip
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ by
▪
the ~ of the child by its mother
PHRASES
▪ fear of ~
▪ feelings of ~
▪ the ~ of an idea, a proposal, a theory, etc.