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
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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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?
Isabelle Papadimitriou undeserving death is due to the carelessness of the politicians who continue to hedge their bets on the lives of healthcare workers through a lack of leadership, through a refusal to acknowledge the severity of this crisis, and through an inability and unwillingness to give clear and decisive direction on how to minimize the risks of the coronavirus.
For decades Californians could choose whether or not they wanted abortion-free health insurance coverage until California took away that option, hHS is assessing the recent letter from the California Attorney General and all appropriate remedies in light of California's continued refusal to comply with federal law.
Mehmet Oz chose to serve in the Turkish army over the United States army, these are simple facts, not campaign attacks, and Mehmet Oz refusal to address these legitimate issues demonstrates why Pennsylvanians can't trust him.
Providing a defensive briefing, like the one given to Senator Feinstein, is a typical response to these kinds of situations, the refusal to give the Trump campaign a defensive briefing, and instead opening a sprawling counter-intelligence investigation of American citizens, is one of many alarming ways that intelligence leaders drastically diverged from normal procedures in their Trump campaign investigation.
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.
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