| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | repudiation |
| Synonyms: | abjuration, abnegation, clause, denial, disavowal, dissociation, renunciation, retraction, waiver |
| Main Entry: | negation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | contradiction, denial |
| Synonyms: | antithesis, antonym, blank, cancellation, contrary, converse, counterpart, disavowal, disclaimer, forget it, gainsaying, inverse, negatory, neutralization, no, nonexistence, nothingness, nullification, nullity, opposite, opposition, proscription, refusal, rejection, renunciation, repudiation, reverse, vacuity, veto, void |
| Antonyms: | allowance, approval, permission |
| Main Entry: | refusal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | denial of responsibility; unwillingness |
| Synonyms: | abnegation, ban, choice, cold shoulder, declension, declination, defiance, disallowance, disapproval, disavowal, disclaimer, discountenancing, disfavor, dissent, enjoinment, exclusion, forbidding, interdiction, knockback, negation, nix, no, nonacceptance, noncompliance, nonconsent, option, pass*, prohibition, proscription, rebuff, refutation, regrets, rejection, renouncement, renunciation, repudiation, repulse, repulsion, reversal, thumbs down, turndown, veto, withholding, writ |
| Antonyms: | approval, grant, offer, ok, sanction |
| Main Entry: | renunciation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abandonment, rejection |
| Synonyms: | abdication, abjuration, abnegation, abstention, cancellation, denial, disavowal, disclaimer, eschewal, eschewing, forbearing, forswearing, giving up, rebuff, refusal, relinquishment, remission, renouncement, repeal, repudiation, resignation, sacrifice, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-sacrifice, spurning, surrender, veto, waiver, yielding |
| Antonyms: | allowance, approval, condonement |
| Main Entry: | waiver |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | giving up; letting go |
| Synonyms: | abandonment, abdication, disclaimer, foregoing, postponement, refusal, rejection, relinquishment, remission, renunciation, reservation, resignation, setting aside, surrender, tabling |
| Notes: | waver is a verb meaning to vacillate or be indecisive; a waiver is a relinquishment of a claim, privilege, or right |
| Antonyms: | accept, claim, face |
| Main Entry: | withdrawal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | removal; retraction |
| Synonyms: | abandonment, abdication, abjuration, alienation, departure, disavowal, disclaimer, disengagement, egress, egression, exit, exiting, exodus, extraction, marooning, palinode, recall, recantation, relinquishment, repudiation, rescission, resignation, retirement, retreat, revocation, revulsion, secession |
| Antonyms: | remainder, stay |
| Main Entry: | retraction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recantation |
| Synonyms: | abjuration, abnegation, about-face, abrogation, annulment, backpedaling, backtracking, contradiction, contraversion, denial, disavowal, disclaimer, disowning, forswearing, gainsaying, nullification, recall, reneging, renouncing, repudiation, reversal, revocation, unsaying, volte-face, withdrawal |
| Antonyms: | confirmation, corroboration, reaffirmation |
| Main Entry: | repudiation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rejection |
| Synonyms: | abjuration, disaffirmance, disaffirmation, disavowal, disclaimer, disclamation, disowning, renunciation |
| Antonyms: | acknowledgment, confirmation, ratification |
| Main Entry: | abdication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | relinquishment |
| Synonyms: | abandonment, demission, disavowal, disclaimer, quitclaim, renunciation, resignation, retirement, stepping down, surrender |