Synonyms for refusal
rɪˈfyu zəlre·fusal

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1. refusalnoun

   The act of refusing.

   Synonyms:
   repudiation, abnegation, declination

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1. refusal

   Synonyms:
   departure, egress, ejection, exclusion, exit, expulsion, rejection, withdrawal

   Antonyms:
   access, accession, adit, admission, admittance, approach, door, doorway, entrance, entrée, entry, gate, gateway, ingress, inlet, introduction, opening, penetration, portal

Princeton's WordNet

1. refusalnoun

   the act of refusing

2. refusalnoun

   a message refusing to accept something that is offered

Matched Categories

1. • Denial
   • Message

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1. refusalnoun

   Synonyms:
   denial

2. refusalnoun

   Synonyms:
   option, choice of accepting or declining

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1. refusalnoun

   Synonyms:
   dissent, denial, non-acceptance, negation, option, preëmption

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1. 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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1. Paul Ryan:

   This decision, long overdue, is the result of her reckless use of a private email server, and her refusal to be forthcoming with federal investigators, i renew my call for the Director of National Intelligence to suspend all classified briefings for Bill Clinton until this matter is fully resolved.

2. Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop:

   I again respectfully call on the president of Indonesia to reconsider his refusal to grant clemency. It is not too late for a change of heart.

3. Glenn Thrush:

   No one — not the bullpen of the New York Mets, not the French army, not Wile E. Coyote, not even Al Gore — is better at squandering a commanding lead than the Queen of Coasting, Hillary Rodham Clinton. And nobody is better at handing her adversaries talking points to undermine trust, on emails, on the Clinton Foundation, on her own refusal to do something as simple as talking to the reporters who cover her every day.

4. Boston FBI:

   Catherine Greig has yet again failed to do the right thing, her refusal to testify has hindered the FBI's efforts to seek justice for the victims of (Bulger's) crimes.

5. Ariana Javidi:

   As a young woman who supports Bernie Sanders, I'm frustrated and outraged by being constantly attacked by older feminists for my refusal to vote according to my gender, like my fellow young feminist women, I recognize that voting for a woman because she's a woman is sexist, just like voting for a man because he's a man is also sexist.