4
rebuttal(noun, snub, rejection, denial, repudiation)
4
reversal(noun, responsibility, rebuff, snub, rejection)
4
spurning(noun, check, surrender, failure, rebuff)
4
waiver(surrender, rebuff, yielding, renunciation, renouncement)
3
brush-off(noun, check, failure, rebuff, veto)
3
challenge
3
constraint(noun, ban, veto, exclusion, forbidding)
3
cut(noun, discharge, reprimand, snub, separation)
3
discountenancing(noun, responsibility, rebuff, snub, rejection)
3
disdain
3
dislike(noun, disgust, revulsion, nausea, disinclination)
3
disregard
3
emption
3
enjoinment(noun, responsibility, rebuff, snub, rejection)
3
first refusal(noun, something)
3
nonconsent(noun, responsibility, rebuff, snub, rejection)
3
preclusion(noun, prohibition)
3
rebuke(noun, censure, reprimand, snub, reproach)
3
recalcitrance
3
self-denial(noun, surrender, rebuff, yielding, rejection)
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