the rejection of a submission to a journal, magazine, etc., without placing the submission under peer review.

(aviation) A takeoff of an aircraft which is aborted by the pilot.

(psychology) A tendency to feel deep anxiety and humiliation at the slightest rebuff.

plural of rejection sampling

(computational statistics, numerical analysis) A technique used to generate observations from a distribution by repeatedly sampling an approximation function that bounds the distribution everywhere from above and rejecting the samples based on the quotient of the two functions at the sample's location.

(economics) A scenario in which an individual cannot avoid consuming a good or service.

(publishing) A standardized message notifying an author that his or her work has not been accepted for publication, ordinarily printed on a small piece of paper and attached to the returned manuscript.

plural of rejection slip

plural of rejected takeoff

plural of initial reject