| 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: | refusal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
deaf to, impossible, not to be thought of, not willing to hear of, out of the question, recusant, refusing, restiff, restive, uncomplying, unconsenting, ungranted
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| Main Entry: | abnegation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | denial, renouncement of something |
Synonyms: |
abandonment, abstinence, eschewal, forbearance, giving up, nixing, refusal, rejection, relinquishment, renunciation, sacrifice, self-denial, stonewall, surrender, temperance |
Antonyms: |
acquiescence, admittance, surrender, yielding |
| Main Entry: | ban |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | official forbiddance |
Synonyms: |
a thou-shalt-not, boycott, censorship, don't, embargo, injunction, interdiction, limitation, no-no, off limits, out of bounds, prohibition, proscription, refusal, restriction, stoppage, suppression, taboo |
Antonyms: |
allowance, permission |
| Main Entry: | dissent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disagreement, disapproval |
Synonyms: |
bone of contention, bone to pick, bone, clinker, conflict, contention, denial, difference, disaccord, discord, dissension, dissidence, disunity, far cry, flak, hassle, heresy, heterodoxy, misbelief, nonagreement, nonconcurrence, nonconformism, nonconformity, nope, objection, opposition, poles apart, protest, refusal, resistance, schism, sour note, spat, split, strife, unorthodoxy, variance |
| Notes: | dissent is, literally, 'feel or think differently' and dissident means 'sit apart, disagree' |
Antonyms: |
agreement, approval, authorization, concurrence, endorsement, ratification, sanction |
| Main Entry: | exclusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expulsion; forbiddance |
Synonyms: |
ban, bar, blackball, blockade, boycott, coventry, cut, debarment, debarring, discharge, dismissal, ejection, elimination, embargo, eviction, exception, excommunication, interdict, interdicting, interdiction, keeping out, lockout, nonadmission, occlusion, omission, ostracism, ousting, preclusion, prevention, prohibition, proscription, refusal, rejection, relegation, removal, repudiation, segregation, separation, suspension, veto |
Antonyms: |
acceptance, addition, admittance, allowance, inclusion, incorporation, welcome |
| 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: | negative |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | contradiction |
Synonyms: |
denial, disavowal, nay, refusal, refutation |
Antonyms: |
positive |
| Main Entry: | prohibition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ban, forbiddance |
Synonyms: |
bar, constraint, disallowance, don't, embargo, exclusion, injunction, interdict, interdiction, negation, no-no, obstruction, off limits, out of bounds, prevention, proscription, refusal, repudiation, restriction, taboo, temperance, veto |
Antonyms: |
allowance, clearance, permission |
| 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 |