What is another word for refusal?
Synonyms for refusal
rɪˈfyu zəlre·fusal
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Wiktionary
refusalnoun
The act of refusing.
Synonyms:
repudiation, abnegation, declination
English Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
refusalnoun
the act of refusing
refusalnoun
a message refusing to accept something that is offered
Dictionary of English Synonymes
refusalnoun
Synonyms:
denialrefusalnoun
Synonyms:
option, choice of accepting or declining
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
refusalnoun
Synonyms:
dissent, denial, non-acceptance, negation, option, preëmption
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "refusal":
denial, refusals, rejection, refusing, refused, negative, refuse, refus, unwillingness, denied, failure, rejected, non-acceptance, reluctance, negation, declination
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#2278 | failure | |
#2605 | negative | |
#3227 | exit | |
#5374 | departure | |
#5640 | denied | |
#6516 | refused | |
#6679 | rejected | |
#7184 | withdrawal | |
#7367 | refuse | |
#8758 | denial | |
#9214 | exclusion | |
#11260 | rejection | |
#12648 | refusal | |
#15896 | refusing | |
#23638 | expulsion | |
#25834 | reluctance | |
#30625 | egress | |
#33339 | negation | |
#36522 | ejection | |
#38177 | declination | |
#41511 | unwillingness | |
#53310 | repudiation | |
#67750 | refusals | |
#221244 | abnegation | |
#234694 | refus |
How to use refusal in a sentence?
Any of you who’ve read my book about 'what happened' know that I think misogyny and sexism was part of that campaign—it was one of the contributing factors, some of it was old-fashioned sexism and the refusal to accept the equality of women, and certainly the equality of women’s leadership.
My first reaction to seeing the videos was surprise and disgust that they would make up blatant lies about me, but I quickly realized that they were scared that the truth would come out of how cowardly they acted on deployment, i felt sorry for them that they thought it necessary to smear my name, but they never realized what the consequences of their lies would be. As upset as I was, the videos also gave me confidence because I knew that their lies would never hold up under real questioning and the jury would see through it. Their lies and( Naval Criminal Investigative Service's) refusal to ask hard questions or corroborate their stories strengthened my resolve to go to trial and clear my name.
The argument that women gave up a right to equal pay by accepting the best collective bargaining agreement possible in response to the Federation's refusal to put equal pay on the table is not a legitimate reason for continuing to discriminate against them, today, we are filing a motion to allow us to appeal immediately the district court's decision so that Ninth Circuit will be able to review these claims.
Only the refusal to listen guarantees one against being ensnared by the truth.
We've built a massive organizing program that's having millions of meaningful conversations with voters online, over the phone, and at safe, socially distanced in-person events, in a way that meets them where they're at and respects public health, the proof that our approach is working is in the pudding : Democrats are turning out in record numbers and voters have made clear that they're disgusted by Trump and his campaign's refusal to take this pandemic seriously.
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