100 entries under rebuff topic. ×

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denial(noun, accept, surrender, disagreement, opposition)
24
rejection(noun, accept, surrender, responsibility)
16
repudiation(noun, responsibility, snub, ban)
14
repulse(noun, check, censure, failure, responsibility)
12
prohibition(noun, discharge, bar, responsibility)
11
disapproval(noun, censure, disagreement, opposition, responsibility)
11
disavowal(noun, negative, responsibility, snub)
11
exclusion(noun, responsibility, snub, ban)
11
turndown(noun, check, accept, failure, responsibility)
10
refutation(noun, negative, responsibility, snub)
9
ban(noun, discharge, bar, responsibility)
9
dissent(noun, disagreement, opposition, responsibility)
8
abnegation(noun, surrender, responsibility, yielding)
8
declination(noun, responsibility, snub, rejection)
8
disclaimer(noun, surrender, responsibility, snub)
8
renunciation(noun, surrender, responsibility, snub)
7
noncompliance(noun, responsibility, snub, rejection)
7
renouncement(noun, surrender, responsibility, snub)
7
snub(noun, censure, reprimand, reproach)
6
cold shoulder(noun, expression, check, failure, responsibility)
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