7
cross(verb, break, attack, disregard, oppose)
7
disagree(verb, attack, decline, reject, oppose)
7
disown(verb, decline, reject, refuse, deny)
7
withstand(verb, check, attack, oppose, fight)
6
abjure(verb, break, decline, reject, disregard)
6
belie(verb, oppose, challenge, deny, undo)
6
disallow(verb, decline, reject, refuse, deny)
6
reject(verb, break, decline, disregard, dismiss)
5
abnegate(verb, decline, reject, oppose, crush)
5
contest(verb, check, fight, challenge, resist)
5
counter(verb, check, attack, oppose, fight)
5
decline(verb, reject, abandon, refuse, deny)
5
rebut(verb, decline, reject, oppose, refuse)
5
renounce(verb, decline, reject, dismiss, refuse)
4
confute(verb, oppose, challenge, deny, expose)
4
oppugn(verb, refuse, affirm)
3
altercate(verb, challenge, deny, doubt, question)
3
quarrel(verb, challenge, deny, doubt, question)
3
refuse(verb, decline, reject, dismiss, deny)
3
thwart(verb, break, check, attack, disregard)
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