Etymograph

English

rejectment

From reject + -ment.

Formed from reject + -ment

Latin iacere ‘to throw’

Latin reicere ‘to throw back’

Latin reiectus ‘thrown/flung back, having been thrown back or…’

Middle English rejecten

English reject

Today it means

noun The act of rejecting; rejection.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “rejectment”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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