Refusal


Synonyms for refusal
noun denial of responsibility; unwillingness

rejection
exclusion
veto
reversal
defiance
ban
noncompliance
repulse
proscription
dissent
disfavor

pass
option
no
interdiction
negation
disapproval
repulsion
declension
withholding
prohibition
choice

renunciation
nix
forbidding
rebuff
turndown
refutation
abnegation
declination
writ
repudiation
disclaimer

cold shoulder
thumbs down
disallowance
enjoinment
nonacceptance
regrets
disavowal
renouncement
discountenancing
knockback
nonconsent

Antonyms for refusal

ratification
permission
attraction
endorsement
confirmation

grant
offer
acceptance
allowance
approval

sanction
agreement
OK

Concept Thesaurus for word refusal
Synonyms – noun

refusal
denial
peremptory refusal
rebuff
protest

rejection
declining
flat refusal
discountenance.
disclaimer

noncompliance
declension
point blank refusal
recusancy
dissent

incompliance
declinature
repulse
abnegation
revocation

Synonyms – verbs

refuse
nill
shake the head
begrudge
be deaf to
discountenance
stand aloof
not yield an inch (obstinancy)
repel
rebuff
deny oneself
disclaim

reject
negative
close the hand
be slow to
turn a deaf ear to
not hear of
forswear
resist
repulse
send back
not be at home to
protest

deny
refuse one’s assent
close the purse
hang fire
turn one’s back upon
have nothing to do with
set aside
cross
shut the door in one’s face
send to the right about
discard (repudiate)
dissent

decline
withhold one’s assent
grudge
pass [at cards].
set one’s face against
wash one’s hands of
cast behind one
not grant
slam the door in one’s face
send away with a flea in the ear
rescind (revoke)

Synonyms – adjectives

refusing
uncomplying
refused
impossible.

restive
unconsenting
ungranted

restiff
not willing to hear of
out of the question

recusant
deaf to.
not to be thought of

Synonyms – phrases
non possumus; [ironically] your humble servant; bien oblige; not on your life [U.S.].
Antonyms

offer

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Other adjectives related to refusal

deaf to
out of the question
restive

impossible
recusant
uncomplying

not to be thought of
refusing
unconsenting

not willing to hear of
restiff
ungranted

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