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disobedience(denial, nonconformity, noncompliance, nonfulfillment)
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forbidding(responsibility, rebuff, snub, rejection)
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injunction(bar, ban, veto, exclusion)
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nay
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nix(check, failure, responsibility, rebuff)
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prevention(discharge, ban, separation, rejection)
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regrets(responsibility, rebuff, snub, rejection)
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suppression(bar, veto, prohibition, forbiddance)
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unwillingness(rejection, disinclination, reluctance)
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antipathy(disgust, revulsion, nausea, disinclination)
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bar(discharge, ban, separation, rejection)
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defiance(support, cover, check, fight)
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disfavor(responsibility, rebuff, snub, rejection)
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inhibition(veto, forbidding, prohibition, suppression)
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objection(disagreement, opposition, protest, discord)
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preemption
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rebuttal(snub, rejection, denial, repudiation)
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reversal(responsibility, rebuff, snub, rejection)
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spurning(check, surrender, failure, rebuff)
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brush-off(check, failure, rebuff, veto)
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