rebuff
I
noun
admonition, censure, check, chiding, cold shoulder, condemnation, counteraction, criticism, defeat, defiance, disapproval, discouragement, discourtesy, disregard, flat refusal, insult, opposition, peremptory refusal, rebuke, recoil, refusal, rejection, renouncement, renunciation, reprimand, reproach, reproof, repudiation, repulsa, repulse, resistance, rudeness, scolding, slight, snub, spurn
II
verb
affront, brush aside, cast aside, check, chide, decline, despise, disallow, discard, disdain, dismiss, disown, disregard, drive back, ignore, insult, jilt, keep at a distance, neglect, rebuke, refuse, reicere, reject, renounce, repel, repellere, reprobate, reprove, repudiate, repulse, resist, scorn, send away, set aside, slight, snub, spurn, turn away
III
index
abrogate (annul), censure, check (bar), confront (oppose), contemn, contempt (disdain), controvert, counter, counteract, decline (reject), disallow, disapprove (condemn), disapprove (reject), disdain (noun), disdain (verb), disfavor, disoblige, disown (refuse to acknowledge), disrespect, dissent (withhold assent), eliminate (exclude), exclude, fight (counteract), impeach, parry, reaction (opposition), rebut, refusal, refuse, reject, rejection, renounce, renunciation, repel (drive back), repulse, resist (oppose), resistance, reversal, shun, spurn
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006