knockback

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A rejection; a refusal

He got a few knockbacks today when he tried to give his resume out at the local shops.

A knockback is a problem or a rejection which delays your progress or which reverses some of the progress you have made. The schedule has suffered a knockback. a refusal or rejection that you receive