Also means
refusal
Usage Note
Rigetto has a primarily legal and medical register. In law, il rigetto del ricorso means 'the dismissal of the appeal'. In medicine, il rigetto del trapianto means 'transplant rejection'. For the everyday sense of personal rejection (of a person, a proposal), Italians more often use rifiuto. The underlying verb is rigettare ('to reject / to vomit'), with vomitare preferred in the literal sense.
Examples
"Il corpo ha subito un rigetto del trapianto."
Natural Translation
The body suffered a transplant rejection.

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