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  • 31Denying — Deny De*ny , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Denied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Denying}.] [OE. denien, denaien, OF. denier, deneer, F. d[ e]nier, fr. L. denegare; de + negare to say no, deny. See {Negation}.] 1. To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; …

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  • 32To deny one's self — Deny De*ny , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Denied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Denying}.] [OE. denien, denaien, OF. denier, deneer, F. d[ e]nier, fr. L. denegare; de + negare to say no, deny. See {Negation}.] 1. To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; …

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  • 33Treatment Advocacy Center — The Treatment Advocacy Center (TAC) is a United States nonprofit organization founded in 1998 by schizophrenia researcher E. Fuller Torrey and was originally part of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). TAC s focus is on promoting laws …

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  • 34ignore — I verb abstain from recognizing, be blind to, be inattentive, be rude, boycott, brush aside, bypass, cut, discard, disclaim, disdain, disregard, dodge, elude, evade, give the cold shoulder, hold in contempt, intentionally disregard, let slide,… …

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  • 35spurn — I verb aspernari, belittle, boot, brush aside, cast aside, cast out, censure, contemn, decline, depreciate, despise, disapprove, discard, disdain, disparage, disregard, drive away, drive back, elude, evade, fastidire, flout, frown upon, have… …

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  • 36cut — Synonyms and related words: AWOL, French leave, Parthian shot, Platonic form, Platonic idea, Spartan, Vandyke, abandon, abate, abatement, abbreviate, abbreviated, abrade, abrasion, abridge, abridged, abscind, abscondence, absence, absence without …

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  • 37dismiss — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abjure, absolve, acquit, amnesty, answer, answer conclusively, argue down, ax, banish, beat back, belittle, boot, boot out, bounce, bow out, break, break up, brush aside, brush off, bump, bundle, bundle off,… …

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  • 38pass by — Synonyms and related words: abjure, advance, be blind to, be caught out, be inattentive, be unwary, bestride, blink at, brush aside, bypass, chuck, chuck out, connive at, contemn, continue, contradict, cross, cut, cut dead, decline, deny, despise …

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  • 39pass up — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abjure, abstain, abstain from, avoid, brush aside, chuck, chuck out, contemn, contradict, cut, cut dead, decline, deny, despise, disapprove, discard, disclaim, discount, disdain, dismiss, disown, disregard, do …

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  • 40repudiate — transitive verb ( ated; ating) Etymology: Latin repudiatus, past participle of repudiare, from repudium rejection of a prospective spouse, divorce, probably from re + pudēre to shame Date: 1545 1. to divorce or separate formally from (a woman) 2 …

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