anorexia |
a psychological disorder marked by the inability to eat or the persistent refusal of food; anorexia nervosa. (Cf. bulimarexia.) |
civil disobedience |
the intentional, nonviolent refusal to comply with a government law or requirement, in order to try to influence the government to change some law, policy, or the like. |
declination |
a polite refusal. [1/5 definitions] |
denial |
the refusal to honor or fulfill a request. [2/5 definitions] |
disapproval |
a refusal to approve; rendering of a negative opinion. [1/2 definitions] |
disbelief |
a lack of belief; refusal or unwillingness to believe. |
hunger strike |
a refusal to eat, as by a prisoner or protester, until certain conditions or demands are met. |
incredulity |
the state of refusal to believe. |
intransigence |
refusal to alter one's ideas or position in response to the wishes of others. |
mutism |
the physical or psychological inability or refusal to speak. |
no1 |
a negative used as a denial, disagreement, or refusal. [1/7 definitions] |
noncompliance |
failure or refusal to comply, as with a regulation. |
nonconformity |
refusal or failure to conform, esp. to societal customs, values, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
noncooperation |
refusal to cooperate. [2 definitions] |
nonintervention |
failure or refusal to intervene. [1/2 definitions] |
not |
used to indicate negation, disagreement, refusal, or prohibition. |
offer |
to present for acceptance or refusal. [1/14 definitions] |
pacifism |
refusal to use or acknowledge violence as a means for settling disputes. [1/2 definitions] |
peremptory |
not permitting refusal or disobedience. [1/4 definitions] |
rebuff |
an abrupt rejection or refusal to an advance or other social overture; snub. [1/3 definitions] |
regret |
(pl.) a polite refusal of an invitation. [1/7 definitions] |