Definition of "rejection letter" [rejection letter]

• A letter which informs of the fact that you are rejected, especially one which imparts that you are not accepted for a job. (noun)

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• "I sent a laser-printed chapter from my first novel, American Apology, along with its best rejection letter “competently written, at times even affecting” and a short story that my writing group insisted The New Yorker should have taken."
• "This is somewhat of a literary hat trick for me: As a nine-year-old boy, I received my first rejection letter from Rod Serling; years later, as a young cub reporter, I witnessed the first burgeoning seeds of the Watergate scandal."
• "Nearly Headless Nick, Harry noticed, was still holding Sir Patrick's rejection letter .."