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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | veto |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refusal of permission |
| Synonyms: | ban, blackball, declination, denial, embargo, interdict, interdiction, negative, nonconsent, prohibition |
| Antonyms: | allowance, approval, ok, permission, ratification, sanction |
| Main Entry: | refutation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rebuttal |
| Synonyms: | confutation, contradiction, denial, disproof, refusal, refutal |
| 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: | nay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | no |
| Synonyms: | against, denial, negative |
| Notes: | nay is a negative vote or reply or voter, while neigh is the characteristic sound made by a horse |
| Antonyms: | yeah |
| Main Entry: | deprival |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deprivation |
| Synonyms: | denial, disadvantage, dispossession, hardship, lack, privation, want |
| Main Entry: | dispossession |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deprivation |
| Synonyms: | denial, deprival, loss, privation, withdrawal |
| Main Entry: | palinode |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | retraction |
| Synonyms: | abjuration, abnegation, about-face, abrogation, annulment, backpedaling, backtracking, contradiction, contraversion, denial, disavowal, disclaimer, disowning, forswearing, gainsaying, nullification, recall, recantation, reneging, renouncing, repudiation, retractation, reversal, revocation, unsaying, volte-face, withdrawal |
| Main Entry: | quitclaim |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abdication |
| Synonyms: | abandonment, abjuration, abnegation, abstention, cancellation, demission, denial, disavowal, disclaimer, eschewal, eschewing, forbearing, forswearing, giving up, rebuff, refusal, relinquishment, remission, renouncement, renunciation, repeal, repudiation, resignation, sacrifice, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-sacrifice, spurning, surrender, veto, waiver, yielding |
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