30
denial(noun, accept, surrender, disagreement, doubt)
25
refusal(noun, accept, surrender, responsibility, rebuff)
24
repudiation(noun, failure, disagreement, doubt, uncertainty)
20
rebuff(noun, defeat, slight, curb, failure)
18
disallowance(noun, accept, rebuff, snub, disapproval)
16
exclusion(noun, cut, rebuff, destruction, denial)
15
dismissal(noun, separation, veto, denial, refusal)
15
negation(noun, belief, disagreement, opposition, rebuff)
15
renunciation(noun, surrender, doubt, uncertainty, rebuff)
14
abandonment(noun, surrender, failure, escape, retreat)
14
disavowal(noun, rebuff, snub, disapproval, departure)
12
ejection(noun, exclusion, ejection, expulsion, seclusion)
12
resignation(noun, retreat, withdrawal, abandonment, renunciation)
11
elimination(noun, cut, discharge, separation, denial)
11
relinquishment(noun, surrender, escape, retreat, departure)
11
repulse(noun, rebuff, snub, disapproval, rebuke)
11
turndown(noun, accept, rebuff, snub, disapproval)
10
prohibition(noun, rebuff, snub, separation, disapproval)
10
veto(noun, belief, disagreement, opposition, rebuff)
9
alienation(noun, relationships, seclusion, abruption, divestiture)
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