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denial - 15 thesaurus results
Main Entry: denial
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: dismissal, refusal of belief in
Synonyms: cold shoulder*, contradiction, disapproval, disclaimer, dissent, nay, negation, negative, nix*, noncommittal, prohibition, rebuff, rebuttal, refutation, rejection, renunciation, repudiation, repulse, retraction, veto, abstaining, adjuration, brush-off, controversion, declination, disallowance, disavowal, dismissing, disproof, forswearing, gainsaying, no way, nonacceptance, protestation, refraining, refusing, refutal, rejecting, renegement, renouncement, repudiating, statement abnegation, turndown
Antonyms: affirmation, agreement, approval, avowal, claim, corroboration, vouching
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Main Entry: denial
Part of Speech: noun
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Adjectives:
at issue upon, cashiered, contradictory, denied, denying, negative, negatory, recusant
Main Entry: contradiction
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: variance to something
Synonyms: conflict, defiance, denial, difference, disagreement, discrepancy, dispute, dissension, incongruity, inconsistency, negation, opposite, opposition, bucking, confutation, contravention, gainsaying
Antonyms: acceptance, agreement, approval, concession, confirmation, verification, OK, corroboration, reconcilement
Main Entry: deprivation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: taking, keeping away; need
Synonyms: denial, destitution, detriment, disadvantage, distress, hardship, loss, privation, removal, seizure, want, withdrawal, withholding, deprival, dispossession, divestiture, divestment, expropriation
Antonyms: endowment, giving, indulgence, offer, offering, presentation, supply, bestowal
Main Entry: disclaimer
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: repudiation
Synonyms: abnegation, clause, denial, dissociation, renunciation, retraction, waiver, abjuration, disavowal
Main Entry: dissent
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: disagreement, disapproval
Synonyms: bone*, bone of contention*, conflict, contention, denial, difference, discord, dissension, dissidence, flak*, hassle, heresy, nonconformity, objection, opposition, protest, refusal, resistance, schism, spat, split, strife, variance, bone to pick, clinker, disaccord, disunity, far cry, heterodoxy, misbelief, nonagreement, nonconcurrence, nonconformism, nope, poles apart, sour note, unorthodoxy
Notes: dissent is, literally, 'feel or think differently' and dissident means 'sit apart, disagree'
Antonyms: agreement, approval, authorization, concurrence, endorsement, ratification, sanction
Main Entry: negative
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: contradiction
Synonyms: denial, nay, refusal, refutation, disavowal
Antonyms: positive
Main Entry: nihilism
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: refusal to believe
Synonyms: abnegation, anarchy, atheism, denial, disbelief, disorder, lawlessness, rejection, renunciation, repudiation, skepticism, agnosticism, mob rule, nonbelief, terrorism
Antonyms: belief, faith, obedience, optimism
Main Entry: nonconformity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: belief, behavior different from most
Synonyms: breach, denial, disaffection, disagreement, disapproval, disobedience, dissent, eccentricity, exception, heresy, insubordination, lawlessness, negation, noncompliance, objection, opposition, originality, rejection, strangeness, veto, violation, bohemianism, contumaciousness, disapprobation, discordance, heterodoxy, iconoclasm, mutinousness, nonacceptance, nonagreement, nonconsent, recalcitrance, recusance, recusancy, transgressiveness, unconventionality, uniqueness, unorthodoxy, unruliness
Antonyms: compliance, conformity, obedience, orthodoxy
Main Entry: rebuff
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: turning away; ignoring
Synonyms: check, cold shoulder*, cut, defeat, denial, discouragement, insult, nix*, opposition, rebuke, refusal, rejection, reprimand, repulse, slight, snub, thumbs down, brushoff, go-by, hard time, kick in the teeth, nothing doing, turndown
Antonyms: inclusion, welcome
Main Entry: renunciation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: abandonment, rejection
Synonyms: abnegation, abstention, cancellation, denial, disclaimer, forbearing, giving up, rebuff, refusal, remission, repeal, repudiation, resignation, sacrifice, self-denial, surrender, veto, waiver, yielding, abdication, abjuration, disavowal, eschewal, eschewing, forswearing, relinquishment, renouncement, self-abnegation, self-sacrifice, spurning
Antonyms: allowance, approval, condonement
Main Entry: repulsion
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: hatred, disgust
Synonyms: abhorrence, abomination, antipathy, aversion, denial, detestation, distaste, hate, horror, loathing, malice, rebuff, refusal, repugnance, resentment, revolt, revulsion, snub, disrelish, repugnancy
Antonyms: attraction, liking, love
Main Entry: veto
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: refusal of permission
Synonyms: ban, blackball*, denial, embargo, interdict, negative, prohibition, declination, interdiction, nonconsent
Antonyms: allowance, approval, permission, ratification, sanction, ok
Main Entry: refutation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: rebuttal
Synonyms: contradiction, denial, refusal, confutation, disproof, refutal
Main Entry: retraction
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: recantation
Synonyms: abnegation, about-face*, abrogation, annulment, contradiction, denial, disclaimer, recall, repudiation, reversal, revocation, withdrawal, abjuration, backpedaling, backtracking, contraversion, disavowal, disowning, forswearing, gainsaying, nullification, reneging, renouncing, unsaying, volte-face
Antonyms: confirmation, corroboration, reaffirmation
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