Refused and Taboo

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Taboo and refused are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Taboo" instead an adjective "Refused".

Nearby Words: refuse, refusal, refusing, refuser

Taboo adjective - That may not be permitted.

Usage example: asking a guest how much money he or she makes is strictly taboo because it's a rude question to ask a stranger

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Refused and taboo are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Refused" instead an adjective "Taboo".

Nearby Words: tabooed, tabooing

Kitty had even suggested breaking the taboo and not waiting in one story where they were both implanted with Brood spawn and expected to die, but he refused, instead simply granting her a passionate kiss.

Source: The Jail Bait Wait
Averted with her second pregnancy: the Moral Guardians wanted her to do this, as pregnancy was a taboo subject in media at the time, but she refused, and the episode where Lucy gives birth wound up setting a new Nielson record.

Source: Hide Your Pregnancy

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