knock-back

noun

  1. 1

    A blow that causes the recipient to fall or move backwards, a knock back; a recoil.

  2. 2

    Something that impedes or reverses progress; a setback.

  3. 3

    A rejection; a refusal.

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

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