rejection
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Sense: Noun: refusal
Synonyms:
refusal Collocations, denial Collocations, no Collocations, rebuff, snub Collocations, veto, turndown, the brushoff , the brush-off , the cold shoulder , the boot , boycott, blackballing, disallowance
Sense: Noun: act of rejecting
Synonyms:
rejecting, turning down, refusing, denying, declining, disallowing, spurning, boycotting, blackballing, snubbing, rebuffing
Sense: Noun: repudiation
Synonyms:
repudiation , denial Collocations, refutation, disavowal, contradiction, nonacceptance, refusal to accept, gainsaying, opposition, rebuttal, counter-argument
Sense: Noun: rejected things or people - usually plural
Synonyms:
rejects, discards, throwaways, trash Collocations, garbage Collocations, waste Collocations, castoffs, flotsam and jetsam, leftovers, remainders