Related Words for refusal

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WordSyllablesCategories
declination
xx/x
Noun, Noun
regrets
x/
Noun, Noun
unwillingness
x/xx
Noun
refusing
x/x
Verb
reluctance
x/x
Noun
inability
xx/xx
Noun
willingness
/xx
Noun
failure
/x
Noun
disinclination
xxx/x
Noun
reluctant
x/x
Adjective
forced
/
Verb
fail
/
Verb
attempt
x/
Noun
acquiesce
xx/
Verb
rescind
x/
Verb
unable
x/x
Adjective
insistence
x/x
Noun
reject
x/
Verb
accept
x/
Verb
withhold
x/
Verb
disregard
xx/
Noun
acquiescence
xx/x
Noun
compel
x/
Verb
surrender
x/x
Noun
rejection
x/x
Noun
audacity
x/xx
Noun
wanting
/x
Verb
eagerness
/xx
Noun
capitulate
x/xx
Verb
abandon
x/x
Verb
obliged
x/
Verb
excuse
x/
Noun
comply
x/
Verb
reticence
/xx
Noun
relinquish
x/x
Verb
loath
/
Adjective
temerity
x/xx
Noun
renounce
x/
Verb
sanction
/x
Noun
request
x/
Noun
decision
x/x
Noun
spurn
/
Verb
imposition
xx/x
Noun
accede
x/
Verb
denial
x/x
Noun
repudiate
x/xx
Verb
deign
/
Verb
permit
x/
Noun
forgo
x/
Verb
incapacity
xx/xx
Noun
relent
x/
Verb
allow
x/
Verb
hesitancy
/xxx
Noun
agreeing
x/x
Verb
demanded
x/x
Verb
defer
x/
Verb
desire
x/x
Noun
ability
x/xx
Noun
decline
x/
Noun
disavowal
xx/x
Noun
defy
x/
Verb
oppose
x/
Verb
reason
/x
Noun
continuing
x/xx
Verb
waive
/
Verb
deny
x/
Verb
cooperate
x/xx
Verb
preferring
x/x
Verb
withdraw
x/
Verb
commitment
x/x
Noun
determination
xxx/x
Noun
defiance
x/x
Noun
dismissal
x/x
Noun
plead
/
Verb
tolerate
/xx
Verb
impose
x/
Verb
acceptance
x/x
Noun
dare
/
Verb
denounce
x/
Verb
negotiate
x/xx
Verb
revocation
xx/x
Noun
suspend
x/
Verb
postponement
x/x
Noun
requiring
x/xx
Verb
stubbornness
/xx
Noun
insufficient
xx/x
Adjective
deference
/xx
Noun
persuade
x/
Verb
ignore
x/
Verb
impossibility
xxx/xx
Noun
confront
x/
Verb
demur
x/
Noun
disobey
xx/
Verb
rebuff
x/
Noun
authorize
/xx
Verb
compromise
/xx
Noun
invitation
xx/x
Noun
resign
x/
Verb
concession
x/x
Noun
exclusion
x/x
Noun
compulsion
x/x
Noun
repudiation
xxx/x
Noun
objecting
x/x
Verb
approve
x/
Verb
inclination
xx/x
Noun
lack
/
Noun
discontinue
xx/x
Verb
forego
x/
Verb
proclivity
x/xx
Noun
threaten
/x
Verb
seek
/
Verb
tendency
/xx
Noun
ratify
/xx
Verb
termination
xx/x
Noun
neglect
x/
Noun
resistance
x/x
Noun
repulsion
x/x
Noun
obstruction
x/x
Noun
recalcitrance
x/xx
Noun
opposition
xx/x
Noun
temptation
x/x
Noun
admittance
x/x
Noun
impedance
x/x
Noun
interruption
xx/x
Noun
rebelliousness
x/xxx
Noun
restriction
x/x
Noun
repulse
x/
Noun
compliance
x/x
Noun
desistance
x/x
Noun
disqualification
xxxx/x
Noun
dereliction
xx/x
Noun
adamant
/xx
Adjective
obstinate
/xx
Adjective
obdurate
/xx
Adjective
steadfast
/x
Adjective
curt
/
Adjective
churlish
/x
Adjective
wilful
/x
Adjective
extradite
/xx
Verb
countenance
/xx
Verb
truancy
/xx
Noun
outright
//
Adjective
dogged
/
Adjective
bail
/
Noun
peremptory
x/xx
Adjective
willful
/x
Adjective
intransigent
x/xx
Adjective
downright
/x
Adjective
abhorrence
x/x
Noun
abrogation
xx/x
Noun
abstention
x/x
Noun
adverse
x/
Adjective
answer
/x
Noun, Verb
approval
x/x
Noun
assertion
x/x
Noun
assertive
x/x
Adjective
assignment
x/x
Noun
aversion
x/x
Noun
avoidance
x/x
Noun
bad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
ban
/
Noun, Verb
condemnation
xx/x
Noun
conjunct
xx
Adjective, Noun
consent
x/
Noun, Verb
continuation
xxx/x
Noun
contradiction
xx/x
Noun
customary
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
damaging
/xx
Adjective, Noun
declaration
xx/x
Noun
deposit
x/x
Noun, Verb
detrimental
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
disagreement
xx/x
Noun
disallowance
xx/x
Noun
disapproval
xx/x
Noun
discarding
x/x
Noun
discharge
x/
Noun, Verb
disclosure
x/x
Noun
dismiss
x/
Verb
disobedience
xx/xx
Noun
downward
/x
Adjective, Adverb
espousal
x/x
Noun
expulsion
x/x
Noun
fact
/
Noun
favoured
/x
Adjective
harmful
/x
Adjective
improved
x/
Adjective
lowest
/x
Adjective, Adverb
miscarriage
x/x
Noun
negation
x/x
Noun
negative
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
negotiable
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
nondiscrimination
xxxx/x
Noun
not
/
Adverb, Noun
noun
/
Noun, Verb
objection
x/x
Noun
operant
/xx
Adjective, Noun
perverse
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
posture
/x
Noun, Verb
prepaid
x/
Adjective
preprinted
x/x
Adjective
prohibition
xx/x
Noun
recusal
x/x
Noun
release
x/
Noun, Verb
renunciation
xxx/x
Noun
revulsion
x/x
Noun
therefor
/x
Adverb
ultimatum
xx/x
Noun
unfortunate
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
unhelpful
x/x
Adjective
unsuccessful
xx/x
Adjective
unsympathetic
xxx/x
Adjective
veto
/x
Noun, Verb
waiver
/x
Noun, Verb
waste
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
withdrawal
x/x
Noun
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
die
/
Verb, Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
save
/
Verb, Noun
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
anymore
xx/
Adverb
get
/
Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
sorta
/x
Adverb