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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refusal |
| Synonyms: | abnegation, ban, choice, cold shoulder, declension, declination, defiance, denial, 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, veto, withholding, writ |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rebuff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | turning away; ignoring |
| Synonyms: | brushoff, check, cold shoulder, cut, defeat, denial, discouragement, go-by, hard time, insult, kick in the teeth, nix, nothing doing, opposition, rebuke, refusal, rejection, reprimand, repulse, slight, snub, thumbs down, turndown |
| Antonyms: | inclusion, welcome |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rejection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | denial, refusal |
| Synonyms: | bounce, brush-off, cold shoulder, disallowance, dismissal, elimination, exclusion, hard time, kick in teeth, nix, no dice, no go, no way, nothing doing, pass*, rebuff, renunciation, repudiation, slap in the face, thumbs down, turndown, veto |
| Antonyms: | acceptance, allowance, approval, choice, ratification, sanction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | repulse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | snub; rejection |
| Synonyms: | brush-off, check, cold shoulder, defeat, disappointment, failure, nix, nothing doing, rebuff, refusal, reverse, slap in the face, spurning, thumbs down, turndown |
| Antonyms: | attraction, enchantment |
| Main Entry: | thumbs down |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rejection |
| Synonyms: | declining, disapproval, dissatisfaction, no, ostracism, rebuff, red light, refusal, snub, turndown, veto |
| Antonyms: | approval, thumbs up, welcome, yes |
| Main Entry: | declination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refusal |
| Synonyms: | decline, declining, regrets, rejection, turndown |
| Main Entry: | disallowance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | denial |
| Synonyms: | refusal, rejection, repudiation, turndown |
| Main Entry: | traversal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | denial |
| Synonyms: | abnegation, abstaining, adjuration, brush-off, cold shoulder, contradiction, controversion, declination, disaffirmance, disaffirmation, disallowance, disapproval, disavowal, disclaimer, dismissing, disproof, dissent, forswearing, gainsaying, nay, negation, negative, nix, no way, nonacceptance, noncommittal, prohibition, protestation, rebuff, rebuttal, refraining, refusing, refutal, refutation, rejecting, rejection, renegement, renouncement, renunciation, repudiating, repudiation, repulse, retraction, statement, turndown, veto |
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