Nonacceptance

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nonacceptance \Non`ac*cept"ance\, n.
     A neglect or refusal to accept.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  nonacceptance
       n : the act of refusing an offer; "the turndown was polite but
           very firm" [syn: {turndown}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  61 Moby Thesaurus words for "nonacceptance":
     abjuration, abjurement, abnegation, chucking, chucking out,
     contempt, contradiction, declension, declination, declinature,
     declining, denial, deprivation, despisal, despising, disagreement,
     disallowance, disapproval, discard, disclaimer, disclamation,
     discounting, dismissal, disobedience, disownment, disregard,
     dissent, exception, exclusion, holding back, ignoring, nay,
     negation, negative, negative answer, nix, no, nonapproval,
     noncompliance, nonconsent, nonconsideration, nonobservance,
     passing by, putting away, putting out, rebuff, recantation,
     refusal, rejection, renouncement, repudiation, repulse, retention,
     scouting, spurning, throwing out, thumbs-down, turndown,
     turning out, unwillingness, withholding