3
taboo(bar, ban, veto, exclusion, forbidding)
3
thumbs down(noun, verb, expression, phrasal verb, check)
3
withholding(noun, responsibility, rebuff, snub, rejection)
3
writ(noun, responsibility, rebuff, snub, rejection)
2
abandonment(noun, surrender, yielding, rejection, denial)
2
abdication(surrender, rebuff, yielding, rejection, renunciation)
2
abjuration(surrender, rebuff, yielding, rejection, denial)
2
aversion(noun, disgust, revulsion, nausea, disinclination)
2
brush off(expression, denial)
2
check(noun, support, cover, fight, struggle)
2
contention(support, fight, disagreement, opposition, protest)
2
contravention
2
counteraction(support, opposition, resistance, fighting, impermeability)
2
curb(noun, rejection)
2
decline
2
demur(noun, disinclination, reluctance)
2
disclamation(denial, refutation)
2
discouragement(noun, reprimand, snub, rebuke, rejection)
2
disposal
2
disrelish(noun, disgust, revulsion, nausea, disinclination)
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