rebuff (n.)
- abjuration
- backfire
- backlash
- bafflement
- balk
- block
- boomerang
- bounce
- bound
- brush
- brush-off
- carom
- challenge
- chase
- check
- checkmate
- chuck
- complaint
- confusion
- contempt
- contradiction
- counter
- counteraction
- cut
- declination
- decline
- defeat
- defiance
- demur
- denial
- despisal
- despising
- disapproval
- discard
- discomfiture
- discount
- discouragement
- disdain
- dismissal
- disownment
- dispute
- disregard
- dissent
- exception
- exclusion
- foil
- fractiousness
- frustration
- humiliation
- ignore
- kick
- kickback
- negativism
- nonacceptance
- objection
- obstinacy
- opposition
- parry
- protest
- put-down
- reaction
- rebound
- recalcitrance
- recalcitrancy
- recantation
- recoil
- refractoriness
- refusal
- refuse
- reject
- rejection
- reluctance
- remonstrance
- renouncement
- repercussion
- repudiation
- repulse
- repulsion
- resilience
- resist
- resistance
- reversal
- reverse
- revolt
- ricochet
- rout
- scout
- scouting
- setback
- slight
- sneer
- sniff
- snort
- snub
- spring
- stand
- stop
- upstage
rebuff (v.)
- abjure
- backfire
- backlash
- balk
- block
- boomerang
- bounce
- bound
- brush
- carom
- challenge
- chase
- check
- checkmate
- chuck
- cold-shoulder
- contemn
- contradict
- counter
- cut
- decline
- defeat
- defy
- demur
- deny
- despise
- disapprove
- discard
- disclaim
- discount
- disdain
- dismiss
- disown
- dispute
- disregard
- dissent
- endure
- except
- exception
- exclude
- fend
- foil
- forswear
- hinder
- ignore
- kick
- obstruct
- parry
- protest
- rebound
- rebut
- recant
- recoil
- refuse
- reject
- renounce
- repel
- repudiate
- repulse
- resist
- reversal
- reverse
- revolt
- ricochet
- rout
- scout
- slight
- sneer
- sniff
- snort
- snub
- spring
- spurn
- stand
- stop
- upstage
- waive
- withstand
Then welcome each rebuff
That turns earth's smoothness rough,
Each sting that bids nor sit nor stand, but go!
Be our joys three-parts pain!
Strive, and hold cheap the strain;
Learn, nor account the pang; dare, never grudge the throe!
