non-approval
Withholding official sanction
Non-approval is the absence or withholding of approval.
The term appears in bureaucratic and legal contexts where formal approval is required: The project stalled due to non-approval from the planning committee.
It's more neutral than rejection or disapproval, simply indicating approval hasn't been granted rather than actively denied.
Act of declining
- denialRefusal to accept reality
- declineDecrease or refuse
- vetoOfficial refusal to approve
- turndownAct of declining
rebuff · dismissal · repudiation · nix · knockback · spurning · exclusion · disallowance
Official refusal to approve
- invalidationAct of nullifying
- nullificationFormal cancellation of validity
- cancellationVoiding of plans
- annulmentDeclared void from start
rescission · abrogation · countermand · prohibition · interdiction · disallowance · overruling · quashing
Mild anger or disapproval
- dissatisfactionState of being displeased
- disfavorLack of approval
- condemnationSevere disapproval expressed formally
- criticismJudgment of faults
censure · reproach · objection · opposition · dislike · distaste · frown · rebuke
Absence of shared opinion
- objectionExpression of disapproval
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- disputeVerbal clash over differences
contention · challenge · discord · disaccord · demurral · remonstrance · exception · nonconcurrence
refusal
Act of declining
turndown · rebuff · dismissal · repudiation · nix · knockback · spurning · exclusion · disallowance · repulse
veto
Official refusal to approve
- invalidationAct of nullifying
- nullificationFormal cancellation of validity
- cancellationVoiding of plans
annulment · rescission · abrogation · countermand · prohibition · interdiction · disallowance · overruling · quashing · reversal
displeasure
Mild anger or disapproval
- dissatisfactionState of being displeased
- disfavorLack of approval
- condemnationSevere disapproval expressed formally
criticism · censure · reproach · objection · opposition · dislike · distaste · frown · rebuke · admonishment
disagreement
Absence of shared opinion
- objectionExpression of disapproval
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
dispute · contention · challenge · discord · disaccord · demurral · remonstrance · exception · nonconcurrence · demur
non-approvalapproval
Favorable opinion given
endorsement · authorization · sanction · acceptance · ratification
non-approvalapproval
Favorable opinion given
approbation · endorsement · favor · blessing · support
approval, approve, approved, approving, approvingly, disapprove, disapproval, disapproved, disapproving