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declination(noun, responsibility, rebuff, snub, rejection)
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disclaimer(noun, surrender, responsibility, rebuff, snub)
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opposition(noun, support, fight, struggle, disagreement)
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renunciation(noun, surrender, responsibility, rebuff, snub)
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noncompliance(noun, responsibility, rebuff, snub, rejection)
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renouncement(noun, surrender, responsibility, rebuff, snub)
7
resistance(noun, support, cover, check, fight)
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snub(noun, censure, rebuff, reprimand, reproach)
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cold shoulder(noun, expression, check, failure, responsibility)
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forbiddance(noun, ban, veto, exclusion, forbidding)
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negative(noun, rebuff, rejection, denial, contradiction)
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no(noun, responsibility, blank, affirm, void)
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nonacceptance(noun, responsibility, rebuff, snub, rejection)
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option(noun, responsibility, rebuff, snub, rejection)
6
repulsion(noun, responsibility, rebuff, hatred, snub)
6
veto(noun, discharge, bar, responsibility, rebuff)
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choice(noun, responsibility, rebuff, snub, rejection)
5
contradiction(noun, negative, denial)
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declension(noun, responsibility, rebuff, snub, rejection)
5
disagreement(noun, opposition, protest, discord, resistance)
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