Your refusal to help complicated matters.
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Refusal
//ɹɪˈfjuːzl̩//
Synonyms for "refusal" (170 found)
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Closest matches (34)
Strong matches (51)
denialdeprivationdespisaldespisingdisagreementdisallowancedisapprovaldiscarddisclaimerdisclamationdiscountingdisinclinationdismissaldisobediencedisownmentdisposaldisregarddisrelishdissentdistaste
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eighteenth amendmentembargoemptionexceptionexclusionfirst optionfirst refusalfoot draggingfoot-draggingforbiddanceforbidden fruitforbiddingfractiousnessgrudging consentgrudgingnesshead windignoringimpugnationimpugnmentindexindex expurgatoriusindex librorum prohibitorumindisposednessindispositionindocilityinhibitioninjunctioninterdictinterdictioninterdictumintractableness
Related words (85)
lack of enthusiasmlack of zeallawmutinousnessnaynegationnegativenixnono nono-nonolitionnonacceptancenonapprovalnoncompliancenonconsiderationnonobservanceobjectionobstinacyopposing
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oppositionopposureoppugnationoptionpassing byperfunctorinesspreclusionpreemptionpreventionprivilegeprohibitionprohibition partyprohibitory injunctionproscriptionputting awayputting outrebuffrebutmentrebuttalrecalcitrancerecalcitrancyrecantationrefractorinessregretrejectionreluctancerenitencerenitencyrenouncementrepressionrepugnancerepulseresistancerestrictive covenantsretentionright of emptionright of preemptionruling outscoutingself-denialslownesssnubspurningstanding againststatutestubbornnesssulksulkinesssulkssullennesssumptuary lawssuppressiontaboothrowing outthumbs downtraversalturndownturning outundercurrentunenthusiasmunwillingnessvolstead actzoningzoning laws
Noun(1 words)
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64 translations across 43 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- refuzim noun (the act of refusing)
Arabic
3 entries- إِبَاء noun (the act of refusing)
- إِنْكَار noun (the act of refusing)
- رَفْض noun (the act of refusing)
Belarusian
1 entries- адмо́ва noun (the act of refusing)
Bulgarian
1 entries- о́тказ noun (the act of refusing)
Catalan
2 entries- rebuig noun (the act of refusing)
- refús noun (the act of refusing)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 拒絕 /拒绝 noun (the act of refusing)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 拒絕 /拒绝 noun (the act of refusing)
Czech
1 entries- odmítnutí noun (the act of refusing)
Danish
1 entries- afslag noun (the act of refusing)
Dutch
2 entries- afwijzing noun (the act of refusing)
- weigering noun (the act of refusing)
Esperanto
1 entries- rifuzo noun (the act of refusing)
Estonian
1 entries- keeldumine noun (the act of refusing)
Finnish
2 entries- kieltäytyminen noun (the act of refusing)
- torjuminen noun (the act of refusing)
French
1 entries- refus noun (the act of refusing)
German
4 entries- Ablehnung noun (the act of refusing)
- Absage noun (the act of refusing)
- Verweigerung noun (the act of refusing)
- Weigerung noun (the act of refusing)
Hindi
1 entries- इनकार noun (the act of refusing)
Hungarian
2 entries- elutasítás noun (the act of refusing)
- visszautasítás noun (the act of refusing)
Indonesian
1 entries- penolakan noun (the act of refusing)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- اِمْتِناع noun (the act of refusing)
- اِنْکار noun (the act of refusing)
Irish
2 entries- eiteach noun (the act of refusing)
- éaradh noun (the act of refusing)
Italian
1 entries- rifiuto noun (the act of refusing)
Japanese
3 entries- 拒否 noun (the act of refusing)
- 拒絶 noun (the act of refusing)
- 断り noun (the act of refusing)
Korean
2 entries- 거부 noun (the act of refusing)
- 거절 noun (the act of refusing)
Latin
1 entries- negātiō noun (the act of refusing)
Latvian
3 entries- atteikums noun (the act of refusing)
- noraidījums noun (the act of refusing)
- noraidīšana noun (the act of refusing)
Lithuanian
1 entries- atsisakymas noun (the act of refusing)
Macedonian
1 entries- одбивање noun (the act of refusing)
Māori
1 entries- whakakorenga noun (the act of refusing)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- avslag noun (the act of refusing)
Polish
1 entries- odmowa noun (the act of refusing)
Portuguese
2 entries- negativa noun (the act of refusing)
- recusa noun (the act of refusing)
Romanian
1 entries- refuz noun (the act of refusing)
Russian
1 entries- отка́з noun (the act of refusing)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- diùltadh noun (the act of refusing)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- odbíjānje noun (the act of refusing)
- одби́ја̄ње noun (the act of refusing)
Slovak
1 entries- odmietnutie noun (the act of refusing)
Slovene
2 entries- odklonitev noun (the act of refusing)
- zavrnitev noun (the act of refusing)
Spanish
2 entries- negativa noun (the act of refusing)
- rechazo noun (the act of refusing)
Swedish
2 entries- avslag noun (the act of refusing)
- vägran noun (the act of refusing)
Tajik
1 entries- инкор noun (the act of refusing)
Telugu
1 entries- నిరాకరణ noun (the act of refusing)
Ukrainian
1 entries- відмо́ва noun (the act of refusing)
Urdu
1 entries- اِنْکار noun (the act of refusing)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
A strike is a mass refusal to work by a body of employees.
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These conditions amount to refusal.
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I interpreted her silence as a refusal.
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