6
except(verb, support, maintain, oppose, criticize)
6
fight(verb, maintain, oppose, declare, dislike)
6
protestation(noun, support, act, dislike, challenge)
6
remonstrance(noun, support, act, issue, challenge)
6
remonstration(noun, support, act, issue, dislike)
6
resist(verb, maintain, oppose, declare, fight)
5
argue(verb, oppose, object, protest, disagree)
5
balance(pause, hesitate, falter, balk, scruple)
5
combat(verb, maintain, oppose, declare, fight)
5
debate(noun, verb, stop, difficulty, issue)
5
differ(verb, hold, oppose, criticize, object)
5
disinclination(noun, dislike, challenge, disagreement, doubt)
5
expostulate(verb, support, maintain, oppose, criticize)
5
expostulation(noun, support, act, dislike, challenge)
5
gag(verb, stick, pause, shy, silence)
5
hover(pause, hesitate, falter, balk, scruple)
5
recoil(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender)
5
reject(verb, decline, dismiss, withdraw, ignore)
5
reservation(noun, condition, qualm, stipulation, reluctancy)
5
resistance(noun, dislike, opposition, refusal, disinclination)
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