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Rejection

Act of rejecting, or state of being rejected.

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Abandonment 76% connected

The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.

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Apostasy 76% connected

An abandonment of what one has voluntarily professed; a total desertion of departure from one's faith, principles, or party; esp., the renunciation o…

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Avoidance 76% connected

The act of annulling; annulment.

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Banishment 76% connected

The act of banishing, or the state of being banished.

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Censure 76% connected

Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion.

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Defection 76% connected

Act of abandoning a person or cause to which one is bound by allegiance or duty, or to which one has attached himself; desertion; failure in duty; a…

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Desertion 76% connected

The act of deserting or forsaking; abandonment of a service, a cause, a party, a friend, or any post of duty; the quitting of one's duties willfully…

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Disfavor 76% connected

Want of favor of favorable regard; disesteem; disregard.

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Displacement 76% connected

The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.

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Dodging 76% connected

of Dodge

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Exclusion 76% connected

The act of excluding, or of shutting out, whether by thrusting out or by preventing admission; a debarring; rejection; prohibition; the state of bein…

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Excommunication 76% connected

The act of communicating or ejecting; esp., an ecclesiastical censure whereby the person against whom it is pronounced is, for the time, cast out of…

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Forgoing 76% connected

of Forgo

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Forsaking 76% connected

of Forsake

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Forswearing 76% connected

of Forswear

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Nonacceptance 76% connected

A neglect or refusal to accept.

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Proscription 76% connected

The act of proscribing; a dooming to death or exile; outlawry; specifically, among the ancient Romans, the public offer of a reward for the head of a…

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Rebuff 76% connected

Repercussion, or beating back; a quick and sudden resistance.

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Renunciation 76% connected

The act of renouncing.

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Reprobation 76% connected

The act of reprobating; the state of being reprobated; strong disapproval or censure.

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Repudiation 76% connected

The act of repudiating, or the state of being repuddiated; as, the repudiation of a doctrine, a wife, a debt, etc.

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Repulse 76% connected

To repel; to beat or drive back; as, to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy.

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Shunning 76% connected

of Shun

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Snub 76% connected

To sob with convulsions.

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Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Deed 76% connected

Dead.

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Situation 76% connected

Manner in which an object is placed; location, esp. as related to something else; position; locality site; as, a house in a pleasant situation.

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Reject 74% connected

To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.

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Reject 74% connected

To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.

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Acceptance 94% connected

The act of accepting; a receiving what is offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; esp., favorable reception; approval; as, the acce…

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Acceptance 94% connected

The act of accepting; a receiving what is offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; esp., favorable reception; approval; as, the acce…

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