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rebuff
 
NOUN:A deliberate slight: cut, snub, spurn. Informal : cold shoulder, go-by. See ACCEPT.
VERB:To slight (someone) deliberately: cut, shun, snub, spurn. Informal : coldshoulder. Idioms: close (or shut) the door on, give someone the cold shoulder, give someone the go-by, turn one's back on. See ACCEPT.
 
 
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