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31Nobel prize — any of various awards made annually, beginning in 1901, from funds originally established by Alfred B. Nobel for outstanding achievement in physics, chemistry, medicine or physiology, literature, and the promotion of peace; an annual award in… …
32protest — protestable, adj. protester, protestor, n. protestingly, adv. protestive, adj. n. /proh test/; v. /preuh test , proh test/, n. 1. an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is… …
33refuse — refuse1 refusable, adj. refuser, n. /ri fyoohz /, v., refused, refusing. v.t. 1. to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award. 2. to decline to give; deny (a request, demand, etc.): to refuse permission. 3. to express a… …
34supraprotest — /sooh preuh proh test/, n. Law. an acceptance or a payment of a bill by a third person after protest for nonacceptance or nonpayment by the drawee. [1855 60; part Latinization, part trans. of It sopra prottesto upon protest] * * * …
35denial — de·ni·al /di nī əl/ n 1: refusal to grant or allow something denial of due process denial of a motion 2 a: an assertion that an allegation is false b: a defense asserting that an opposing party s allegations are false compare …
36dishonor — dis·hon·or 1 n: refusal on the part of the issuer (as a bank) to pay or accept commercial paper (as a check) when it is presented see also wrongful dishonor dishonor 2 vt: to refuse to pay or accept a bank dishonor ing the checks for insufficient …
37exclusion — ex·clu·sion /ik sklü zhən/ n 1: the act of excluding or state of being excluded; specif: refusal of entry into the U.S. by immigration officials review of deportation and exclusion orders compare deportation 2: something that excludes or is… …
38refusal — I noun abjuration, abnegation, ban, debarment, declination, declinature, defiance, denial, disallowance, disapprobation, disapproval, disavowal, disclaimer, discountenance, enjoinment, exclusion, incompliance, interdiction, negation, negative… …
39abnegation — I noun abandonment, abjuration, declination, denial, disallowance, disavowal, disclaimer, forbearance, moderation, negation, nonacceptance, noncompliance, nonconsent, refusal, rejection, renouncement, renunciation, surrender, temperance,… …
40declination — I noun abnegation, denial, disavowal, disclaimer, negation, nonacceptance, noncompliance, nonconsent, refusal, refusal of consent, rejection, renunciation, repudiation, unwillingness II index abandonment (repudiation), abatement (reduction) …
