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  1. 1. n. Repercussion, or beating back; a quick and sudden resistance. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. Sudden check; unexpected repulse; defeat; refusal; repellence; rejection of solicitation. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. To beat back; to offer sudden resistance to; to check; to repel or repulse violently, harshly, or uncourteously. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval) Source: wordnet
  5. 5. n. an instance of driving away or warding off Source: wordnet
  6. 6. v. reject outright and bluntly Source: wordnet
  7. 7. v. force or drive back Source: wordnet
  8. 8. 1. Repercussion, or beating back; a quick and sudden resistance. The strong rebuff of some tumultuous cloud. Milton. 2. Sudden check; unexpected repulse; defeat; refusal; repellence; rejection of solicitation. To beat back; to offer sudden resistance to; to check; to repel or repulse violently, harshly, or uncourteously. Source: webster
  9. 9. To beat back; to offer sudden resistance to; to check; to repelor repulse violently, harshly, or uncourteously. Source: adambom
  10. 10. n:16/v:84 n. a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval) n. an instance of driving away or warding off v. reject outright and bluntly Source: ecdict

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