What are the opposite words for acceptance?
Acceptance is the state of being willing to tolerate or approve of something. The word has various antonyms that represent a wide range of sentiments, including rejection, denial, refusal, opposition, disapproval, skepticism, and dissent. Rejection is the complete opposite of acceptance, signifying the active dismissal of something or someone. Denial and refusal both indicate the refusal to accept something. Opposition represents hostility towards the concept or idea of acceptance. Disapproval signifies a negative evaluation of something or someone. Skepticism represents doubt or unbelief about something. Dissent suggests disagreement or disapproval, particularly in a formal or political setting. Antonyms for acceptance showcase the many states of mind that one can have towards a given circumstance or situation.
Table of Contents
- rejection
- exclusion
- dismissal
- question
- noncompliance
- protest
- denial
- refusal
- censure
- challenge
- complaint
- contradiction
- elimination
- exception
- expostulation
- nonconformity
- outcry
- release
- remonstrance
- traversal
- banishment
- dissent
- liquidation
- objection
- ostracism
- state
- agreement, taking
- belief in goodness of something
- severe criticism
- dispute, question
- statement of disagreement, discontent
- variance to something
- disaffirmation
- disagreement, disapproval
- leaving out
- expulsion; forbiddance
- belief, behavior different from most
- argument, disagreement
- scream, exclamation
- complaint, disapproval
- controversy, doubt
- denial, refusal
- rejection
-
exclusion
- coventry,
- lockout,
- refusal,
- veto,
- Nonadmission,
- prohibitions,
- lockouts,
- coventries,
- de barring,
- de-barring,
- debarrings,
- ex communication,
- ex communications,
- ex-communication,
- ex-communications,
- inter dict,
- inter diction,
- inter-dict,
- inter-diction,
- interdictings,
- keeping out,
- keeping outs,
- non admission,
- non admissions,
- non-admission,
- non-admissions,
- nonadmissions,
- oustings.
-
dismissal
- conge,
- dislodgment,
- relegation,
- Deposal,
- housecleaning,
- Freedoms,
- kiss off,
- brushoff,
- brush offs,
- brush-off,
- brush-offs,
- brushoffs,
- conges,
- de position,
- de positions,
- de-position,
- de-positions,
- deposals,
- dis charge,
- dis charges,
- dis lodgment,
- dis lodgments,
- dis missal,
- dis missals,
- dis placement,
- dis placements,
- dis possession,
- dis possessions,
- dis solution,
- dis solutions,
- dis-charge,
- dis-charges,
- dis-lodgment,
- dis-lodgments,
- dis-missal,
- dis-missals,
- dis-placement,
- dis-placements,
- dis-possession,
- dis-possessions,
- dis-solution,
- dis-solutions,
- dislodgments,
- ex patriations,
- ex-patriation,
- ex-patriations,
- housecleanings,
- kiss offs,
- kiss-off,
- kiss-offs,
- kissoff,
- kissoffs,
- old heave ho,
- old heave hos,
- old heave-ho,
- old heave-hos,
- old heaveho,
- old heavehos,
- re legation,
- re legations,
- re-legation,
- re-legations,
- relegations.
- question
- noncompliance
- protest
- denial
-
refusal
- disavowal,
- enjoinment,
- renouncement,
- turndown,
- disavowals,
- renouncements,
- NOS,
- withholdings,
- dis allowance,
- dis allowances,
- dis avowal,
- dis avowals,
- dis claimer,
- dis claimers,
- dis countenancing,
- dis favor,
- dis favors,
- dis-allowance,
- dis-allowances,
- dis-avowal,
- dis-avowals,
- dis-claimer,
- dis-claimers,
- dis-countenancing,
- dis-favor,
- dis-favors,
- discountenancings,
- enjoinments,
- forbiddings,
- knockbacks,
- re buff,
- re buffs,
- re pulses,
- re versal,
- re-buffs,
- re-pulses,
- re-versal,
- with holding,
- with holdings,
- with-holdings.
- censure
- challenge
- complaint
- contradiction
- elimination
- exception
- expostulation
-
nonconformity
- iconoclasm,
- nonacceptance,
- noncompliance,
- recusancy,
- unconventionality,
- Bohemianism,
- Contumaciousness,
- Mutinousness,
- nonconsent,
- recusance,
- transgressiveness,
- bohemianisms,
- contumaciousnesses,
- dis affection,
- dis affections,
- dis approbation,
- dis approbations,
- dis obedience,
- dis obediences,
- dis-affection,
- dis-affections,
- dis-approbation,
- dis-approbations,
- dis-obedience,
- dis-obediences,
- iconoclasms,
- in subordination,
- in subordinations,
- in-subordination,
- in-subordinations,
- mutinousnesses,
- non acceptances,
- non conformity,
- non consent,
- non consents,
- non-acceptance,
- non-acceptances,
- non-conformities,
- non-consent,
- non-consents,
- nonacceptances,
- nonconsents,
- recusances,
- recusancies,
- transgressivenesses,
- un conventionalities,
- un conventionality,
- un-conventionalities,
- unconventionalities.
- outcry
- release
- remonstrance
-
traversal
- adjuration,
- disproof,
- Refutal,
- Controversion,
- adjurations,
- non-committal,
- abstainings,
- controversions,
- dis missing,
- dis missings,
- dis-missing,
- dis-missings,
- dismissings,
- disproofs,
- forswearings,
- non committal,
- non-committals,
- noncommittals,
- re buttal,
- re fusing,
- re traction,
- re tractions,
- re-buttal,
- re-buttals,
- re-traction,
- re-tractions,
- refrainings,
- refusings,
- refutals,
- renegement,
- renegements,
- repudiatings.
- banishment
-
dissent
- clinker,
- Misbelief,
- nonagreement,
- NOPES,
- nonconformism,
- Non-concurrence,
- bone to pick,
- clinkers,
- bone contention,
- bone pick,
- dis accord,
- dis accords,
- dis cord,
- dis cords,
- dis sent,
- dis sents,
- dis unity,
- dis-accord,
- dis-accords,
- dis-cord,
- dis-cords,
- dis-sent,
- dis-sents,
- dis-unity,
- far cries,
- hetero doxies,
- hetero doxy,
- hetero-doxies,
- heterodoxies,
- mis belief,
- mis beliefs,
- mis-belief,
- mis-beliefs,
- misbeliefs,
- non agreement,
- non agreements,
- non concurrence,
- non concurrences,
- non conformisms,
- non-agreement,
- non-agreements,
- non-concurrences,
- non-conformism,
- non-conformisms,
- nonagreements,
- nonconcurrences,
- poles apart,
- poles aparts,
- sour note,
- sour notes,
- un orthodoxies,
- un orthodoxy,
- un-orthodoxies,
- un-orthodoxy,
- unorthodoxies.
- liquidation
-
objection
- demurral,
- expostulation,
- protestation,
- Remonstration,
- counterargument,
- counter argument,
- counter arguments,
- counter-argument,
- counter-arguments,
- counterarguments,
- demurrals,
- demurrings,
- dis content,
- dis contents,
- dis esteem,
- dis esteems,
- dis inclination,
- dis inclinations,
- dis pleasure,
- dis pleasures,
- dis-content,
- dis-contents,
- dis-esteem,
- dis-esteems,
- dis-inclination,
- dis-inclinations,
- dis-pleasure,
- dis-pleasures,
- shrinkings,
- un willingness,
- un willingnesses,
- un-willingness,
- un-willingnesses.
- ostracism
- state
- agreement, taking
- belief in goodness of something
- severe criticism
- dispute, question
- statement of disagreement, discontent
- variance to something
- disaffirmation
- disagreement, disapproval
- leaving out
- expulsion; forbiddance
- belief, behavior different from most
- argument, disagreement
- scream, exclamation
- complaint, disapproval
- controversy, doubt
- denial, refusal
Antonym of the day
stops in one's tracks
- Antonyms:
- bore, disenchant, disgust.
