Definition for Refusal:

• The act of rejecting or denying; rejection or denial of anything offered or asked; the right to refuse or take before others; as, to have the refusal of an office.

Synonyms for Refusal:

• n.

  •
  • resistance,
  • challenge,
  • silence.
  •
  • affirm.
  •
  • accept.
  •abnegation (noun)
  • giving up,
  • abandonment,
  • surrender,
  • abstinence,
  • sacrifice,
  • temperance,
  • relinquishment,
  • stonewall,
  • self-denial.
  •ban (noun)
  • stoppage,
  • boycott,
  • censorship,
  • suppression,
  • out of bounds,
  • restriction,
  • injunction.
  •brush-off (noun)
  • brush-off.
  •denial (noun)
  • disavowal,
  • repudiation,
  • veto,
  • contradiction.
  •disallowance (noun)
  • dis allowances,
  • dis-allowance,
  • dis-allowances,
  • dis allowance.
  •dissent (noun)
  • discord,
  • difference,
  • dissension,
  • conflict,
  • spat,
  • protest,
  • hassle,
  • schism,
  • denial,
  • opposition,
  • objection,
  • contention,
  • variance,
  • strife,
  • bone of contention,
  • bone,
  • dissidence,
  • split,
  • disunity,
  • disaccord,
  • heresy.
  •disuse (noun)
  • desuetude,
  • disuse,
  • Rustiness,
  • obsoleteness,
  • rejection,
  • desertion.
  •exclusion (noun)
  • elimination,
  • discharge,
  • bar,
  • coventry,
  • prevention,
  • suspension,
  • preclusion,
  • lockout,
  • excommunication,
  • exception,
  • debarment,
  • segregation,
  • blackball,
  • ousting,
  • Nonadmission,
  • removal,
  • occlusion,
  • keeping out,
  • Interdicting,
  • omission,
  • cut,
  • relegations,
  • ostracism,
  • blockade,
  • lockouts,
  • eviction,
  • dismissal,
  • ejection,
  • Debarring,
  • relegation,
  • interdict,
  • separation.
  •first refusal (noun)
  • first-refusal,
  • prior right purchase,
  • right preemption,
  • first options.
  •prohibition (noun)
  • obstruction,
  • Disallowance,
  • disapproval,
  • constraint,
  • restraint,
  • curtailment,
  • forbiddance,
  • inhibition.
  •quitclaim (noun)
  • Demission.
  •rebuff (noun)
  • reprimand,
  • check,
  • defeat,
  • slight,
  • snub,
  • insult,
  • discouragement.
  •rebuke (noun)
  • comeuppance,
  • affliction,
  • berating,
  • blame,
  • rap,
  • condemnation,
  • lesson,
  • punishment,
  • put-down,
  • scolding,
  • reproach,
  • dressing-down,
  • admonition,
  • expostulation,
  • castigation,
  • upbraiding,
  • admonishment,
  • correction,
  • tongue-lashing,
  • remonstrance,
  • row,
  • reprehension,
  • reproof,
  • chiding,
  • going-over,
  • censure,
  • rating,
  • lecture.
  •refusal (noun)
  • disdain,
  • thumbs down,
  • cold shoulder,
  • enjoinment,
  • declination,
  • renouncement,
  • disagreement,
  • writ,
  • forbidding,
  • choice,
  • reversal,
  • no,
  • disclaimer,
  • Discountenancing,
  • defiance,
  • nonconsent,
  • nonacceptance,
  • option,
  • knockback,
  • declension,
  • disinclination,
  • withholding,
  • disfavor,
  • regrets.
  •refutation (noun)
  • confutations,
  • refutals.
  •rejection (noun)
  • nihilism.
  •renunciation (noun)
  • self-sacrifice,
  • self-abnegation,
  • renouncements.
  •repulsion (noun)
  • dis taste,
  • dis-relish,
  • dis-taste,
  • re volt,
  • dis-tastes,
  • dis tastes,
  • dis relishes,
  • re volts,
  • dis-relishes,
  • re-volt,
  • re-volts,
  • dis relish.
  •resistance (noun)
  • imperviousness,
  • impedance,
  • impedances,
  • impeding,
  • Insusceptibility,
  • striking back,
  • retardation,
  • Renitency,
  • Renitence.
  •thumbs down (noun)
  • dis-satisfactions,
  • dis-satisfaction,
  • dis satisfactions,
  • dis satisfaction,
  • declinings.
  •waiver (noun)
  • foregoings,
  • fore going,
  • fore goings,
  • tablings,
  • setting asides,
  • fore-goings,
  • fore-going.

• v.

  •repulsing (verb)
  • repelling.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • embargo,
  • nay,
  • turndown,
  • appeal.
  •
  • getting,
  • limitation,
  • no.,
  • enjoyment.
  •
  • revolt.
  •contradiction
  • contravention.
  •dissent
  • nonconformity.
  •elimination
  • disqualification.
  •reply
  • rebuttal.

Paraphrases for Refusal:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    refuse.
  • Proper noun, singular
    refuse, refuses, rejection.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    refuse, refuses, rejection.
  • Verb, past tense
    Refused.

• Forward Entailment

  • Adjective
    denial.
  • Proper noun, singular
    denial.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    denial.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    repudiation.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    Refused, non-acceptance, unwilling, fail, reluctant, unsuccessful.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Refused, REFUS.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    failure, disapproval, non-acceptance, disavowal, Disallowance, inability, withholding, renunciation, negation, withdrawal, abandonment, opposition, objection, impossibility, miscarriage, aversion, waiver.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    unwillingness, reluctance.

Antonyms for Refusal:

• n.

  • abnegation
    admittance, surrender, yielding, acquiescence.
  • ban
    allowance, permission.
  • dissent
    ratification, endorsement, concurrence, authorization, agreement.
  • exclusion
    welcome, incorporation, inclusion, addition, acceptance.
  • negative
    positive.
  • prohibition
    clearance.
  • rebuke
    flattery, compliment, praise.
  • refusal
    offer, sanction, ok, approval.
  • Other antonyms:
    grant, imprimatur, stamp, seal, signature, assent.

Refusal Sentence Examples:

• The refusal of the cannoneers decided the fate of the day.

• And the dreadful side of it all was that I had to make it plain to him - after what has happened that my desire to marry you wasn't the main reason of my refusal.

Homophones for Refusal:

• revisal, rubicelle, rupicola, raffishly.

Hypernym for Refusal:

• n.

  • communication
    prohibition, regrets, repudiation, declination.

Hyponym for Refusal:

• n.

  • communication
    subject matter, substance, message, denial, content.