| ruling out(expression, ban, exclusion, proscription) |
| stubbornness |
| turn-down |
| abjurement |
| abstinence(noun, surrender, rejection, denial, repudiation) |
| act of declining(expression, idiom) |
| admonishment(noun, censure, rebuff, reprimand, snub) |
| admonition(noun, censure, rebuff, reprimand, snub) |
| affliction(noun, censure, rebuff, reprimand, snub) |
| backwardness |
| battle(support, fight, opposition, resistance, fighting) |
| bawling-out(noun, censure, rebuff, reprimand, snub) |
| berating(noun, censure, rebuff, reprimand, snub) |
| blame(noun, censure, rebuff, reprimand, snub) |
| blockade(noun, prohibition) |
| blocking(support, fight, opposition, resistance, fighting) |
| bone(disagreement, opposition, protest, resistance, dissension) |
| bone of contention(expression, idiom, disagreement, opposition, protest) |
| bone to pick(noun, expression, idiom, disagreement, opposition) |
| boycott(discharge, bar, separation, rejection, veto) |