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elimination(noun, rebuff, veto, denial, refusal)
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enjoinment(noun, rebuff, snub, ban, rejection)
1
forbidding(noun, rebuff, snub, ban, rejection)
1
forswearing(noun, negative, disapproval, rejection, veto)
1
gainsaying(noun, negative, disapproval, rejection, veto)
1
go-by(noun, snub, rebuke, rejection, refusal)
1
hard time(noun, expression, rebuff, snub, rebuke)
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holding back
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insult(noun, snub, rebuke, rejection, refusal)
1
interdiction(noun, rebuff, snub, ban, rejection)
1
kick in teeth(noun, expression, idiom, rebuff, veto)
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kick in the teeth(noun, expression, idiom, snub, rebuke)
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knockback(noun, rebuff, snub, ban, rejection)
1
lapelled
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lapels
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negative answer
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no dice(noun, expression, rebuff, veto, denial)
1
no go(noun, expression, rebuff, veto, denial)
1
noncommittal(noun, negative, disapproval, rejection, veto)
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nonobservance
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