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REJECTING

Definition: REJECTING

REJECTING

Personal pronoun & verb & noun

1. Of Reject

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "REJECTING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

 

Crosswords: REJECTING

English words defined with "REJECTING": Alcoranist, Arminianism, atheistic, atheisticalcoyExuviationhumanist, humanisticKaraiterejection, rejective, Rejectment, renunciation, repudiation, repudiativeTo deal withunbelieving. (references)
Specialty definitions using "REJECTING": battery loader, BATTERY STACKERCochran's ruleerror of the third kindintelligent databaseKaraitesmultiplicity of testingtrinity, type III error. (references)

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Modern Usage: REJECTING

DomainUsage

Screenplays

I was 8 days old. I was still rejecting my mother's breast (Caroline in the City; writing credit: Angela Carneiro)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: REJECTING

DomainTitle

Books

  • Don't Stop the Career Clock: Rejecting the Myths of Aging for a New Way to Work in the 21st Century (reference)

  • Farewell to God: My Reasons for Rejecting the Christian Faith (reference)

  • Rejecting the Second Generation Hypothesis: Maintaining Estonian Ethnicity in Lakewood, New Jersey (Immigrant Communities and Ethnic Minorities in T) (reference)

  • The Body Image Trap: Understanding and Rejecting Body Image Myths (Self-Counsel Psychology Series) (reference)

  • The Tragedy of Rejecting Salvation (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Illustrations:
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Historic Usage: REJECTING

AuthorDateQuotation

Marbury v. Madison

1803

If any other construction would render the clause inoperative, that is an additional reason for rejecting such other construction, and for adhering to their obvious meaning. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: REJECTING

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Sometimes, however, even these drugs can't stop your body from rejecting the new kidney. (references)

STS, too, has a substantial false positive rate, leading to discarding blood and rejecting the donor with resultant distress. (references)

To prevent the body from rejecting the foreign tissue of the transplant, these patients are given drugs that suppress the immune system. (references)

Civil Liberties

Austria

In March the Constitutional Court ruled against the Administrative Arbitration Board for rejecting civil charges, filed on behalf of Omofuma's daughter, that stated that Omofuma's human rights were violated, and returned the case to the Administrative Board for review. (references)

Human Rights

Belarus

Human rights monitors believe that the appeals court overlooked numerous procedural violations in rejecting the appeal. (references)

Indigenous People

Indonesia

Delegates approved a resolution rejecting the 1969 "Act of Free Choice," which confirmed Papua's incorporation into Indonesia; called on the central Government, along with the U.N. and the U.S. and Dutch governments, to review the process by which the territory became a part of Indonesia and to recognize Papua's sovereignty since 1961; and mandated the Papuan Presidium Council to strive for international recognition and to report back to the congress on December 1 2000, regarding progress toward these goals. (references)

Minorities

Japan

In 2000 the Supreme Court upheld Nagoya and Osaka High Court decisions rejecting appeals by Korean permanent residents demanding the right to vote in local elections. (references)

Political Rights

Maldives

In the past few years, the Majlis increasingly has become independent, challenging government policies and rejecting government-proposed legislation. (references)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

On April 27, the High Representative removed Canton 7 Interior Minister Dragan Mandic for signing the oath of loyalty and rejecting the authority of legal Federation authorities. (references)

Trade

Nigeria

In practice, however, customs officials exercise considerable discretion in rejecting requests for duty free admission even in cases involving samples or patterns. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

TRINITY, n. In the multiplex theism of certain Christian churches, three entirely distinct deities consistent with only one. Subordinate deities of the polytheistic faith, such as devils and angels, are not dowered with the power of combination, and must urge individually their clames to adoration and propitiation. The Trinity is one of the most sublime mysteries of our holy religion. In rejecting it because it is incomprehensible, Unitarians betray their inadequate sense of theological fundamentals. In religion we believe only what we do not understand, except in the instance of an intelligible doctrine that contradicts an incomprehensible one. In that case we believe the former as a part of the latter.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: REJECTING

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Richard Nixon

1969-1974We have faced other crises in our history and have become stronger by rejecting the easy way out and taking the right way in meeting our challenges.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: REJECTING

"REJECTING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 98.10% of the time. "REJECTING" is used about 526 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-ing form)98.1%51611,767
Adjective (general or positive)1.33%7133,076
Noun (proper)0.57%3202,518
                    Total100.00%526N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: REJECTING

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "REJECTING": world-rejecting.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: REJECTING

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

job offer rejecting

5

applicant job rejecting

3

job letter offer rejecting

2

applicant letter rejecting

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: REJECTING

Language Translations for "REJECTING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏رافض (disapproving, disobedient, negatory, recusant, refusing, repellent). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

'绝 (rebuff, Rebuffed, Rebuffing, refusal, Refused, Refusing, rejected, rejection, repudiation). (various references)

   

Danish

  

udtrykkelig afvisning af en klage (express decision rejecting a complaint), stiltiende afvisning (implied decision rejecting ( a request )), beslutning om at afvise klagen (decision rejecting the complaint). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

uitdrukkelijk besluit tot afwijzing van een klacht (express decision rejecting a complaint), stilzwijgend besluit tot afwijzing (implied decision rejecting ( a request )), afwijzend besluit (decision rejecting the complaint). (various references)

   

French

  

rejetant. (various references)

   

German

  

zurückweisend (rebuffing, rebutting, rejectable, repelling), verwerfend (overruling, quashing), ausschlagend (oscillating, redounding). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ρητή απόφαση για την απόρριψη ενστάσεως (express decision rejecting a complaint), σιωπηρή απορριπτική απόφαση (implied decision rejecting ( a request )), απορριπτική απόφαση (decision dismissing, decision rejecting the complaint, decisions dismissing). (various references)

   

Italian

  

decisione implicita di rigetto (implied decision rejecting ( a request )), decisione esplicita di rigetto di un reclamo (express decision rejecting a complaint), decisione di rigetto (decision dismissing, decision rejecting the complaint, decisions dismissing). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

峻' (refusing flatly, rejecting sternly). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

しゅ"きょ (refusing flatly, rejecting sternly). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

(rejection). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ejectingray.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

decisão implícita de indeferimento (implied decision rejecting ( a request )), decisão explícita de indeferimento de uma reclamação (express decision rejecting a complaint), decisão de indeferimento (decision rejecting the complaint). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

отвергать (cast aside, disallow, discard, discarding, jettison, negate, negative, override, overrule, rebut, refuse, refuse to admit, reject, repel, repudiate, repulse, spurn, turn down, vote down). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

antipático (antipathetic, antipathetical, disagreeable, nasty, repulsive, unfriendly, unlikeable, unpleasant, unsympathetic). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

uttryckligt avslag på ett klagomål (express decision rejecting a complaint), tyst avslag (implied decision rejecting ( a request )). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

geri çevirme (declination, rebuff, repulse, turning back). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: REJECTING

Derivations

Words beginning with "REJECTING": rejectingly. (additional references)


Misspellings

"REJECTING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: rejigging, resecting. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "REJECTING"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "REJECTING" (pronounced rije"kting or rēje"kting)
6-j e" k t i nginjecting, objecting, projecting, subjecting.
5-e" k t i ngaffecting, collecting, connecting, correcting, defecting, deflecting, detecting, directing, disconnecting, disrespecting, dissecting, effecting, electing, erecting, expecting, infecting, inspecting, intersecting, neglecting, perfecting, prospecting, protecting, recollecting, reconnecting, redirecting, reelecting, reflecting, respecting, resurrecting, selecting, suspecting, unsuspecting.
4-k t i ngabducting, acting, addicting, afflicting, attracting, concocting, conducting, conflicting, constricting, constructing, contacting, contracting, contradicting, convicting, counteracting, deducting, depicting, destructing, detracting, distracting, districting, enacting, evicting, exacting, extracting, impacting, inflicting, instructing, interacting, interdicting, obstructing, overreacting, predicting, reacting, reconstructing, redacting, redistricting, restricting, retracting, subcontracting, subtracting, superconducting.
3-t i ngannotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abetting, aborting, accosting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, activating, adapting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affiliating, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, confiscating, confronting, congratulating, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, consulting, consummating, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contrasting, contributing, converting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, defaulting, defeating, deflating, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, deteriorating, detonating, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, disappointing, disconcerting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrupting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distributing, diverting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, elaborating, elating, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, exacerbating, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, instigating, instituting, insulating, insulting, integrating, intercepting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, obliterating, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, reconstituting, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redecorating, redistributing, reevaluating, refitting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, restarting, restating, resting, resubmitting, resulting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting.
6-j e" k t i nginjecting, objecting, projecting, subjecting.
5-e" k t i ngaffecting, collecting, connecting, correcting, defecting, deflecting, detecting, directing, disconnecting, disrespecting, dissecting, effecting, electing, erecting, expecting, infecting, inspecting, intersecting, neglecting, perfecting, prospecting, protecting, recollecting, reconnecting, redirecting, reelecting, reflecting, respecting, resurrecting, selecting, suspecting, unsuspecting.
4-k t i ngabducting, acting, addicting, afflicting, attracting, concocting, conducting, conflicting, constricting, constructing, contacting, contracting, contradicting, convicting, counteracting, deducting, depicting, destructing, detracting, distracting, districting, enacting, evicting, exacting, extracting, impacting, inflicting, instructing, interacting, interdicting, obstructing, overreacting, predicting, reacting, reconstructing, redacting, redistricting, restricting, retracting, subcontracting, subtracting, superconducting.
3-t i ngannotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abetting, aborting, accosting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, activating, adapting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affiliating, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, confiscating, confronting, congratulating, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, consulting, consummating, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contrasting, contributing, converting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, defaulting, defeating, deflating, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, deteriorating, detonating, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, disappointing, disconcerting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrupting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distributing, diverting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, elaborating, elating, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, exacerbating, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, instigating, instituting, insulating, insulting, integrating, intercepting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, obliterating, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, reciting, reconstituting, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redecorating, redistributing, reevaluating, refitting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, restarting, restating, resting, resubmitting, resulting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: REJECTING

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-e-g-i-j-n-r-t"

-1 letter: ejecting, erecting, gentrice, reinject.

-2 letters: enteric, enticer, generic, genetic, integer, jeering, treeing.

-3 letters: center, centre, cering, cerite, cretin, cringe, engirt, entice, entire, gerent, inject, jeeing, recent, recite, regent, reject, retine, teeing, tenrec, tierce, triene.

-4 letters: citer, egret, eject, enter, erect, genet, genic, genie, genre, green, greet, inert, inter, nicer, niece, niter, nitre, recti, reign.

 Words containing the letters "c-e-e-g-i-j-n-r-t"
 

+1 letter: reejecting.

 

+2 letters: reinjecting, rejacketing, rejectingly, reobjecting.

 

+3 letters: interjecting.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Quotations: Historic
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Quotations: Speeches
9. Usage Frequency
10. Expressions
11. Expressions: Internet
12. Translations: Modern
13. Derivations
14. Rhymes
15. Anagrams
16. Bibliography


  

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