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synonyms for refutal
- disapproval
- rebuttal
- rejection
- repudiation
- retraction
- veto
- adjuration
- brush-off
- contradiction
- declination
- disavowal
- disclaimer
- disproof
- dissent
- forswearing
- nay
- negation
- negative
- nix
- nonacceptance
- prohibition
- protestation
- rebuff
- refutation
- renouncement
- renunciation
- repulse
- turndown
- abstaining
- cold shoulder
- controversion
- disallowance
- dismissing
- gainsaying
- noncommittal
- refraining
- refusing
- rejecting
- renegement
- repudiating
- statement abnegation
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How to use refutal in a sentence
Pity the words spent in the refutal of such "reasons" and views!
Woman under socialism | August BebelI am righted before the world; my untiring industry and uprightness of life are the refutal of his calumnies.
Rose Clark | Fanny FernHe had rarely, if ever, known his daughter to make such an explicit refutal of his inferences.
The Free Range | Francis William Sullivan
Such argument is hardly worthy of serious refutal, since it stultifies itself.
Plain Facts for Old and Young | John Harvey KelloggHe had kept Adela's warning in mind, and determined to be calmly dignified in his refutal of the charges brought against him.
Demos | George Gissing
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