rebuff

rebuff noun admonition, censure, check, chiding, cold shoulder, condemnation, counteraction, criticism, defeat, defiance, disapproval, discouragement, discourtesy, flat refusal, insult, opposition, peremptory refusal, recoil, refusal, rejection, renouncement, renunciation, reprimand, reproach, reproof, repudiation, repulse, resistance, rudeness, scolding, slight, snub, spurn

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rebuff verb affront, brush aside, cast aside, check, chide, decline, despise, disallow, discard, disdain, dismiss, disown, disregard, drive back, ignore, insult, jilt, keep at a dissance, neglect, rebuke, refuse, reicere, reject, renounce, repel, repellere, reprobate, reprove, repudiate, repulse, resist, scorn, send away, set aside, slight, snub, spurn, turn away

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See also: abrogate, annul, bar, censure, check, condemn, confront, contemn, contempt, controvert, counter, counteract, decline, disallow, disapprove, disdain, disfavor, disoblige, disown, disrespect, dissent, eliminate, exclude, fight, impeach, oppose, opposition, parry, reaction, rebut, refusal, refuse, reject, rejection, renounce, renunciation, repel, repulse, resist, resistance, reversal, shun, spurn