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отка́з — meaning in English

otkaz

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English meaning

  • abandonment noun The act of leaving someone or something behind completely, or the state of having been left that way.
  • axe noun A tool with a heavy blade on one side of the head and a long handle, used for chopping wood.
  • cancellation noun The act of calling something off or making it void.
  • denial noun A refusal to admit that something is true.
  • disavowal noun A denial of knowledge, relationship, or responsibility towards something or someone.
  • failure noun The state of not achieving a desired or intended result.
  • negation noun The act of negating something.
  • rebuff noun A sudden resistance or refusal.
  • refusal noun The act of saying no to a request, offer, or demand.
  • rejection noun The act of refusing or turning down something or someone.
  • renunciation noun A formal declaration that you are giving up a right, title, claim or citizenship.
  • repudiation noun The act of refusing to accept; the act of repudiating.
  • spurn verb To reject something or someone with contempt or disdain.
  • waiver noun A document or formal statement giving up a legal right or claim.

Senses

отка́з is used for these senses in English:

  • abandonment The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment. [Late 16th century.]
  • abandonment (legal) The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege; relinquishment of right to secure a patent by an inventor; relinquishment of copyright by an author. [Early 19th century.]
  • axe (informal) A dismissal or rejection.
  • cancellation The act, process, or result of cancelling; as, the cancellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.
  • denial (psychology) A defense mechanism involving a refusal to accept the truth of a phenomenon or prospect.
  • disavowal A denial of knowledge, relationship, or responsibility towards something or someone.
  • failure Termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function; breakdown.
  • negation (countable) A denial or contradiction.

abandonment — full definition

  1. noun The act of leaving someone or something behind completely, or the state of having been left that way.
  2. noun In law, the formal giving up of a right, claim, or piece of property.

axe — full definition

  1. noun A tool with a heavy blade on one side of the head and a long handle, used for chopping wood.
  2. noun figurative: A drastic cut, cancellation, or dismissal.
  3. verb To cancel, cut, or dismiss something or someone abruptly.

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