Agreement
Agreement noun - The state of being of one opinion about something.
Refusal
Refusal noun - An unwillingness to grant something asked for.
Usage example: his flat refusal of our reasonable request was rather startling
How words are described
| rare | rare agreement | rare refusal |
| common | common agreement | common refusal |
| public | public agreement | public refusal |
| complete | complete agreement | complete refusal |
| Other adjectives: express, utter, initial, many, simple, active, manly, evil, strict, enthusiastic, general, universal, silent, said, earlier, previous. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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He asks Liliane to marry him, and treats her lack of refusal as agreement.
Source: Film / Day for Night -
Later, his refusal to admit that he had anything to do with Razieh's miscarriage prevents the story from being resolved quickly and in the end means that the families will never come to any agreement.
Source: Film / A Separation
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