1
negative
1
negative answer
1
nix
1
nonacceptance
1
noncompliance
1
nonconsent
1
obstinacy
1
pen(delay, arrest, imprisonment, custody, confinement)
1
persistence
1
persistency
1
photographic memory
1
pickup(delay, arrest, imprisonment, custody, confinement)
1
pinch(delay, arrest, imprisonment, custody, confinement)
1
prehension
1
preoccupancy
1
prepossession
1
quarantine(delay, arrest, imprisonment, custody, confinement)
1
readiness
1
recantation
1
recapture(mind, recall, thought, perception, reflection)
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