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Synonyms for rejection
noun denial, refusalAntonyms for rejection
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
check
noun. restraint, hindrance
defection
noun. abandonment
denial
noun. dismissal, refusal of belief in
- abstaining
- adjuration
- brush-off
- cold shoulder
- contradiction
- controversion
- declination
- disallowance
- disapproval
- disavowal
- disclaimer
- dismissing
- disproof
- dissent
- forswearing
- gainsaying
- nay
- negation
- negative
- nix
- no way
- nonacceptance
- noncommittal
- prohibition
- protestation
- rebuff
- rebuttal
- refraining
- refusing
- refutal
- refutation
- rejecting
- rejection
- renegement
- renouncement
- renunciation
- repudiating
- repudiation
- repulse
- retraction
- statement abnegation
- turndown
- veto
desertion
noun. abandonment
- abrogation
- absconding
- apostasy
- avoidance
- backsliding
- betrayal
- castoff
- defecting
- departing
- departure
- derelict
- dereliction
- disaffection
- disavowal
- disavowing
- divorce
- elusion
- escape
- evasion
- falling away
- falseness
- flight
- forsaking
- going back on
- leaving
- marooning
- perfidy
- recreancy
- rejection
- relinquishment
- renunciation
- repudiation
- resignation
- retirement
- retreat
- running out on
- secession
- tergiversation
- treachery
- truancy
- withdrawal
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.