turnaway
Refused at door
Turnaway refers to someone who is refused entry or service, typically because a venue, flight, or event is at capacity: The concert had dozens of turnaways at the door.
In business contexts, turnaway often appears as a modifier describing lost customers or missed revenue: turnaway business, turnaway rate.
Hotels and airlines track turnaways to measure unmet demand.
Denial of acceptance
- denialRefusal to accept reality
- declineDecrease or refuse
- rebuffAbrupt, curt rejection
- dismissalRemoval from position
nonacceptance · spurning · nix · veto · disapproval · disallowance · rebuke · snub
Change in trajectory
- diversionRedirection of attention
- evasionAct of escaping detection
- swerveAbrupt directional change
- dodgeAvoid by quick movement
sidestep · aversion · shunning · recoil · withdrawal · retreat · redirection · bypass
Excluding from consideration
- banOfficial restriction on something
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- restrictionLimit on action
- blacklistingFormally marking for rejection
ostracism · expulsion · banishment · shutout · doorstop · boycott · blockage · segregation
rejection
Denial of acceptance
dismissal · nonacceptance · spurning · nix · veto · disapproval · disallowance · rebuke · snub · cold shoulder
deflection
Change in trajectory
dodge · sidestep · aversion · shunning · recoil · withdrawal · retreat · redirection · bypass · detour
barring
Excluding from consideration
- banOfficial restriction on something
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- restrictionLimit on action
blacklisting · ostracism · expulsion · banishment · shutout · doorstop · boycott · blockage · segregation · marginalization
turnawayadmission
Entry or confession
attendee · entrant · walk-in · admittance · entry
turnawaywelcome
Hospitable greeting offered
reception · embrace · acceptance · greeting · invitation
turn, return, away, wayward, overturn, turncoat, turntable, turnstile, turnabout