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noun

rebuff, setback, snub; see defeat 2, refusal.

verb

To drive back
repel, set back, overthrow, resist; see repel 1.
To rebuff
spurn, reject, snub; see rebuff 1, refuse.
To disgust
nauseate, offend, revolt; see disgust.

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