1. (n.) Denial of anything demanded, solicited, or offered for acceptance\.

2. (n.) The right of taking in preference to others; the choice of taking or refusing; option; as, to give one the refusal of a farm; to have the refusal of an employment.

Eighteenth Amendment Prohibition Party Volstead Act abjuration abjurement antipathy averseness aversion backwardness ban brush-off bucking challenge choice chucking chucking out cold shoulder contempt contention contraband contradiction contraposition contravention contraversion counteraction counterworking crosscurrent crossing cursoriness cut declination declining denial despisal despising disagreement disallowance disapproval discard disclamation discounting disinclination dismissal disobedience disownment disposal disregard disrelish dissent distaste embargo emption exception exclusion first option first refusal foot-dragging forbiddance forbidden fruit forbidding fractiousness grudging consent grudgingness head wind ignoring impugnation impugnment index index expurgatorius index librorum prohibitorum indisposedness indisposition indocility inhibition injunction interdict interdiction interdictum intractableness lack of enthusiasm lack of zeal law mutinousness negation no-no nolition nonacceptance nonapproval nonconsideration obstinacy opposing opposition opposure oppugnation option passing by perfunctoriness preclusion preemption prevention privilege prohibition prohibitory injunction proscription putting away putting out rebuff rebutment rebuttal recalcitrance recalcitrancy recantation refractoriness rejection reluctance renitence renitency renouncement repression repudiation repugnance repulse resistance restrictive covenants right of emption right of preemption ruling out scouting slowness snub spurning standing against statute stubbornness sulk sulkiness sulks sullenness sumptuary laws suppression taboo throwing out traversal turning out undercurrent unenthusiasm unwillingness zoning zoning laws