Withhold+assent
51reject — re·ject /ri jekt/ vt: to refuse to accept, acknowledge, or grant compare revoke Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. reject …
52be unwilling — index conflict, disoblige, dissent (withhold assent), hold out (resist), refuse Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C …
53decline — I noun abatement, act of crumbling, act of dwindling, act of falling away, act of lessening, act of losing ground, act of shrinking, act of slipping back, act of wasting away, act of weakening, act of worsening, atrophy, backward step, cheapening …
54decline to agree — index dissent (withhold assent) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
55defy — I verb affront, assume a fighting attitude, battle, beard, brave, breast, buck, challenge, conflict with, confront, dare, disobey, disregard, flout, front, mutiny, oppose, outface, provocare, rebel, resist, resist openly, stand up against,… …
56disbelieve — I verb be doubtful, be incredulous, be skeptical, be unconvinced, challenge, consider implausible, consider not to be true, consider unproven, consider untrue, discredit, dispute, distrust, doubt, give no credence to, give no credit to, harbor… …
57expostulate — I verb admonish, advise against, animadvert upon, appeal against, argue, attempt to divert, cast reproach upon, castigate, caution, chastise, chide, convince to the contrary, correct, declaim against, dehort, deter, disapprove, discourage,… …
58negate — I verb abnegate, abolish, abort, abrogate, annihilate, annul, cancel, confound, confute, contradict, contravene, controvert, counter, counteract, countermand, counterpoise, declare invalid, declare null and void, defeat, demur, deny, deprive of… …
59nonconsent — index declination, denial, disagreement, disapproval, dissent (nonconcurrence), dissent (withhold assent) …
60not accept — index abrogate (rescind), conflict, disagree, disallow, disapprove (reject), disavow, disbelieve …
