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rejection - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: rejection
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: denial, refusal
Synonyms: bounce, cold shoulder*, dismissal, elimination, exclusion, nix*, pass*, rebuff, renunciation, repudiation, thumbs down, veto, brush-off, disallowance, hard time, kick in teeth, no dice, no go, no way, nothing doing, slap in the face, turndown
Antonyms: acceptance, allowance, approval, choice, ratification, sanction
Concept Thesaurus
Synonyms:
-nouns
rejection, repudiation, exclusion; refusal [more]; declination.
-verbs
reject; set aside, lay aside; give up; decline (refuse) [more]; exclude, except; pluck, spin; cast., repudiate, scout, set at naught; fling to the winds, fling to the dogs, fling overboard, fling away, cast to the winds, cast to the dogs, cast overboard, cast away, throw to the winds, throw to the dogs, throw overboard, throw away, toss to the winds, toss to the dogs, toss overboard, toss away; send to the right-about; disclaim (deny) [more]; discard (eject) [more], (have done with) [more].
-adjectives
rejected; reject, rejectaneous, rejectious; not chosen [more], not to be thought of, out of the question
-adverbs
neither, neither the one nor the other; no [more].
-phrases
non haec in faedera.
Main Entry: abnegation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: denial, renouncement of something
Synonyms: abstinence, forbearance, giving up, refusal, rejection, renunciation, sacrifice, self-denial, stonewall*, surrender, temperance, abandonment, eschewal, nixing, relinquishment
Antonyms: acquiescence, admittance, surrender, yielding
Main Entry: defection
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: abandonment
Synonyms: alienation, deficiency, dereliction, desertion, disaffection, disloyalty, divorce, estrangement, failing, failure, faithlessness, lack, parting, rebellion, rejection, repudiation, retreat, revolt, separation, withdrawal, apostasy, backsliding, disownment, forsaking, recreancy, severance, sundering, tergiversation
Antonyms: joining
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
Main Entry: desertion
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: abandonment
Synonyms: abrogation, avoidance, betrayal, departure, derelict, dereliction, disaffection, divorce, escape, evasion, flight, rejection, renunciation, repudiation, resignation, retreat, secession, treachery, withdrawal, absconding, apostasy, backsliding, castoff, defecting, departing, disavowal, disavowing, elusion, falling away, falseness, forsaking, going back on, leaving, marooning, perfidy, recreancy, relinquishment, retirement, running out on, tergiversation, truancy
Antonyms: aid, assistance, help, staying
Main Entry: disbelief
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: doubt, skepticism
Synonyms: atheism, distrust, dubiety, incredulity, mistrust, nihilism, rejection, repudiation, spurning, unbelief, unbelievingness, unfaith
Antonyms: belief, trust
Main Entry: elimination
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: removal
Synonyms: cut, destruction, discard, ejection, eradication, exclusion, expulsion, omission, rejection, riddance, withdrawal, displacement, dropping, extermination, taking away, weeding out
Main Entry: exclusion
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: expulsion; forbiddance
Synonyms: ban, bar, blackball*, blockade, boycott, cut, discharge, dismissal, ejection, elimination, embargo, eviction, exception, excommunication, interdict, occlusion, omission, ostracism, prevention, prohibition, refusal, rejection, removal, repudiation, segregation, separation, suspension, veto, coventry, debarment, debarring, interdicting, interdiction, keeping out, lockout, nonadmission, ousting, preclusion, proscription, relegation
Antonyms: acceptance, addition, admittance, allowance, inclusion, incorporation, welcome
Main Entry: nausea
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: sickness in stomach; revulsion
Synonyms: abhorrence, aversion, disgust, hatred, loathing, offense, qualm, rejection, repugnance, biliousness, qualms, queasiness, regurgitation, retching, squeamishness, vomiting
Main Entry: negation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: contradiction, denial
Synonyms: antithesis, antonym, blank, cancellation, contrary, converse, counterpart, disclaimer, inverse, no, nothingness, nullity, opposite, opposition, refusal, rejection, renunciation, repudiation, reverse, vacuity, veto, void, disavowal, forget it, gainsaying, negatory, neutralization, nonexistence, nullification, proscription
Antonyms: allowance, approval, permission
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: objection
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: argument, disagreement
Synonyms: cavil, censure, challenge, criticism, demur, difficulty, disapproval, discontent, disinclination, dislike, displeasure, dissatisfaction, doubt, exception, grievance, gripe, hesitation, kick, niggle*, odium, opposition, protest, question, rejection, reluctance, remonstrance, scruple, shrinking, squawk*, stink*, counter-argument, declination, demurral, demurring, disapprobation, disesteem, protestation, remonstration, repugnancy, revilement, unwillingness
Antonyms: acceptance, agreement, concurrence, consent
Main Entry: ostracism
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: banishment
Synonyms: avoidance, boycott, exclusion, excommunication, exile, expulsion, isolation, rejection, blackballing, cold-shouldering, shunning
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: refusal
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: denial of responsibility; unwillingness
Synonyms: abnegation, ban, choice, cold shoulder*, defiance, disapproval, disclaimer, disfavor, dissent, exclusion, forbidding, negation, nix*, no, noncompliance, option, pass*, prohibition, rebuff, refutation, rejection, renunciation, repudiation, repulse, repulsion, reversal, thumbs down, veto, withholding, writ, declension, declination, disallowance, disavowal, discountenancing, enjoinment, interdiction, knockback, nonacceptance, nonconsent, proscription, regrets, renouncement, turndown
Antonyms: approval, grant, offer, sanction, ok
Main Entry: slight
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: insult, disrespect
Synonyms: affront, cold shoulder*, contempt, cut, discourtesy, disdain, disregard, inattention, indifference, kick, neglect, put-down*, rebuff, rejection, snub, brush-off, call-down, slap in the face
Antonyms: compliment, praise, respect
Main Entry: waiver
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: giving up; letting go
Synonyms: disclaimer, foregoing, postponement, refusal, rejection, remission, renunciation, reservation, resignation, surrender, abandonment, abdication, relinquishment, setting aside, 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
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