reject

decline

Decrease or refuse

• rebuffAbrupt, curt rejection
• turn downReject or reduce
• nixForbid or cancel

spurn · dismiss · repudiate · deny · rebuke · pass · snub · brush off · cold-shoulder · thumbs-down

refute

Prove something untrue

• contradictDispute a statement
• disputeVerbal clash over differences
• rebutDisprove by argument

negate · debunk · invalidate · disprove · challenge · counter · contest · gainsay · disbelieve · discredit

renounce

Formally give up

• disavowDeny any association
• forsakeAbandon completely
• repudiateReject as having no authority

abandon · disinherit · estrange · disaffiliate · disclaim · cut off · wash hands of · turn back on · cast out · abjure

bar

Drinking establishment

• banOfficial restriction on something
• blacklistRecord of prohibited entities
• boycottOrganized economic protest

shun · expel · banish · ostracize · exclude · snub · embargo · proscribe · blackball · shut out

throw out

Dispose of unwanted items

• tossLight, casual throw
• dumpWaste disposal site
• scrapDiscarded bit or tussle

eliminate · discard · junk · trash · dispose · shed · purge · expunge · cast off · throwaway

overrule

Reject by higher authority

• blockSolid mass, or impede
• prohibitFormally disallow
• forbidDeclare not allowed

disallow · quash · nullify · annul · revoke · countermand · rescind · abrogate · strike down · kill

criticize

Judge unfavorably, vocally

• condemnDeclare wrong or guilty
• censureFormal institutional disapproval
• reproachExpression of disappointment

reprove · frown upon · disparage · deplore · denounce · disfavor · disapproval · take exception · thumbs down · deprecate

• abstinencesobriety, celibacy, chastity, teetotalism, fasting
• binary statesyes, no, true, false, on
• dismissdismiss, brush off, brush aside, wave away, wave off
• exclusionexclude, excluded, rule out, banned, bans
• judgmentsjudgment call, judge, moral judgment, criticize, value judgment
• opposeoppose, resist, defy, refuse, fight