noun
denial of responsibility; unwillingness
Synonyms: abnegation, ban, choice, cold shoulder, declension, declination, defiance, disallowance, disapproval, disavowal, disclaimer, discountenancing, disfavor, dissent, enjoinment, exclusion, forbidding, interdiction, knockback, negation, nix, no, nonacceptance, noncompliance, nonconsent, option, pass, prohibition, proscription, rebuff, refutation, regrets, rejection, renouncement, renunciation, repudiation, repulse, repulsion, reversal, thumbs down, turndown, veto, withholding, writ
Antonyms: approval, grant, offer, ok, sanction