100 entries under rejection topic. ×

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check(noun, support, cover, fight, struggle)
2
curb
2
discouragement(noun, reprimand, snub, rebuke)
2
hard time(noun, expression, censure, rebuff, reprimand)
2
interdict(discharge, bar, ban, separation)
2
ostracism(noun, discharge, censure, rebuff, reprimand)
2
pass(noun, informal, responsibility, rebuff, snub)
2
relinquishment(noun, surrender, yielding, denial)
2
resignation(surrender, yielding, repudiation, renunciation)
1
abstinence(noun, surrender, denial, repudiation)
1
boycott(discharge, bar, separation, veto)
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brushoff(noun, rebuff, reprimand, snub, rebuke)
1
defeat(noun, check, failure, reprimand, snub)
1
elimination(noun, discharge, rebuff, separation)
1
eschewal(noun, surrender, rebuff, yielding)
1
giving up(noun, expression, surrender, rebuff, yielding)
1
go-by(noun, reprimand, snub, rebuke)
1
insult(noun, reprimand, snub, rebuke)
1
kick in the teeth(noun, expression, idiom, censure, rebuff)
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knockback(noun, responsibility, rebuff, snub)
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