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| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| 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.
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| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | doubt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lack of faith, conviction; questioning |
| Synonyms: | ambiguity, apprehension, confusion, difficulty, diffidence, dilemma, disbelief, discredit, disquiet, distrust, dubiety, faithlessness, fear, hesitancy, hesitation, incertitude, incredulity, indecision, misgiving, mistrust, problem, qualm, quandary, rejection, reluctance, scruple, skepticism, suspense, suspicion, uncertainty, vacillation, wavering, agnosticism, demurral, dubiousness, faltering, irresolution, lack of confidence, perplexity |
| Antonyms: | belief, certainty, confidence, faith, reliance, trust, dependence |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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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