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refusal: a message refusing to accept something that is offered; the act of refusing

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short shrift collapse: brief and unsympathetic treatment; a brief and unsympathetic rejection; "they made short shrift of my request"

preemption collapse: a prior appropriation of something; "the preemption of bandwidth by commercial interests"; the right to purchase something in advance of others; the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property); the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject

option collapse: one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen; "what option did I have?"; "there no other alternative"; "my only choice is to refuse"; the right to buy or sell property at an agreed price; the right is purchased and if it is not exercised by a stated date the money is forfeited

slap in the face collapse

turndown collapse

passing by collapse

scouting collapse: exploring in order to gain information; "scouting in enemy territory is very dangerous"

repulse collapse

rebuff collapse: a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval); an instance of driving away or warding off; reject outright and bluntly; "She snubbed his proposal"

disinclination collapse: that toward which you are inclined to feel dislike; "his disinclination for modesty is well known"

cold shoulder collapse

nonacceptance collapse: the act of refusing an offer; "the turndown was polite but very firm"

sulks collapse

disclaimer collapse: (law) a voluntary repudiation of a person's legal claim to something

thumbs down collapse

retention collapse: the act of retaining something

no no collapse

contraposition collapse

regret collapse: be sorry; "I regret to say that you did not gain admission to Harvard"; decline formally or politely; "I regret I can't come to the party"; feel sad about the loss or absence of

brush off collapse

zoning collapse: dividing an area into zones or sections reserved for different purposes such as residence and business and manufacturing etc

disownment collapse: refusal to acknowledge as one's own

statute collapse

rebuttal collapse: the speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument

counteraction collapse

disobedience collapse: the failure to obey; the trait of being unwilling to obey

indocility collapse

distaste collapse

noncompliance collapse

abnegation collapse: renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others; the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief; "abnegation of the Holy Trinity"

nonobservance collapse: a lack of conformity with law or custom or practice etc.

crosscurrent collapse

abjuration collapse

nix collapse

proscription collapse

forbidden fruit collapse: originally an apple from the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden; it is now used to refer to anything that is tempting but dangerous (as sexuality)

aversion collapse: the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away; "averting her gaze meant that she was angry"

renitency collapse

head wind collapse

disapproval collapse: the act of disapproving or condemning; the expression of disapproval; a feeling of disliking something or what someone is doing

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