Rebuff

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Rebuff [1]

(1): ( n.) Sudden check; unexpected repulse; defeat; refusal; repellence; rejection of solicitation.

(2): ( v. t.) To beat back; to offer sudden resistance to; to check; to repel or repulse violently, harshly, or uncourteously.

(3): ( n.) Repercussion, or beating back; a quick and sudden resistance.

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