refusal
Turning something down
Refusal is the act of declining or rejecting something offered or requested.
A refusal can be polite or blunt: Her refusal to comment fueled speculation.
The right of first refusal gives someone the option to accept or decline before others get the chance.
To meet with refusal is to be turned down.
Denial of acceptance
- rebuffAbrupt, curt rejection
- turndownAct of declining
- demurralFormal expression of objection
- nonacceptanceDeclining to receive something
spurning · nay · nix · thumbs-down · knock-back · cold-shoulder · brush-off · dismissal
Rejection of connection
- repudiationFormal refusal to accept
- contradictionOpposing claims, incompatible together
- negationDenial or cancellation
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
disclaimer · renunciation · recantation · disconfirmation · retraction · naysaying · disputation · rebuttal
Refusal to follow orders
- insubordinationDefying workplace authority
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- noncomplianceFailure to follow requirements
- recalcitranceStubborn refusal to obey
resistance · obstinacy · contumacy · mutiny · dissent · revolt · willfulness · intransigence
Official refusal to approve
- banOfficial restriction on something
- embargoOfficial prohibition on trade
- interdictionAuthoritative prohibition or blockade
- proscriptionFormal ban or condemnation
block · disallowance · forbiddance · injunction · restraining order · moratorium · blackball · exclusion
Firmness of purpose
- firmnessResistance to deformation
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- unwillingnessDisinclination to act
- adamanceUnwillingness to yield
immovability · inflexibility · unbendingness · insistence · holding firm · standing ground · digging in · holding out
rejection
Denial of acceptance
nonacceptance · spurning · nay · nix · thumbs-down · knock-back · cold-shoulder · brush-off · dismissal · pass
disavowal
Rejection of connection
- repudiationFormal refusal to accept
- contradictionOpposing claims, incompatible together
- negationDenial or cancellation
rejection · disclaimer · renunciation · recantation · disconfirmation · retraction · naysaying · disputation · rebuttal · counterstatement
disobedience
Refusal to follow orders
- insubordinationDefying workplace authority
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- noncomplianceFailure to follow requirements
recalcitrance · resistance · obstinacy · contumacy · mutiny · dissent · revolt · willfulness · intransigence · stubbornness
veto
Official refusal to approve
- banOfficial restriction on something
- embargoOfficial prohibition on trade
- interdictionAuthoritative prohibition or blockade
proscription · block · disallowance · forbiddance · injunction · restraining order · moratorium · blackball · exclusion · barring
resolve
Firmness of purpose
- firmnessResistance to deformation
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- unwillingnessDisinclination to act
adamance · immovability · inflexibility · unbendingness · insistence · holding firm · standing ground · digging in · holding out
- defiancedefiance, disobedience, insubordination, noncompliance, rebellion
- deliberate actionsdecision, choice, planning, strategy, intention
- individual actskindness, generosity, bravery, courage, charity
- refusalsno, decline, no thanks, nope, no thank you
- rejectionrejection, reject, denial, rebuff, snub
- rejectionsno, rejection letter, denial letter, decline, turndown
refusalconsent
Voluntary agreement given
acceptance · compliance · agreement · willingness · acquiescence
refusalpermission
Granted right to act
approval · authorization · sanction · allowance · clearance
- I refuseFirm verbal rejection
- offer one can't refuseProposal backed by threat
- first refusalPriority purchasing right
- right to refuseAuthority to decline
- school refusalAnxiety-driven attendance problem
- refuse collectorOne who removes waste
refuse, refused, refusing, refuses, refusals, refuser, refusers, refusable, unrefusable