refusal of treatment

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• refusal — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ absolute, adamant, blank (BrE), blunt, complete, flat, outright, point blank, utter ▪ the panel …   Collocations dictionary

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• silent treatment — noun an aloof refusal to speak to someone you know • Hypernyms: ↑rebuff, ↑slight * * * noun : an act of completely ignoring a person or thing by resort to silence especially as a means of expressing contempt or disapproval too often, the most… …   Useful english dictionary

• the silent treatment — a stubborn refusal to talk to someone, esp. after a recent argument or disagreement * * * the silent treatment : the act of ignoring someone because you are angry at him or her I told him that I thought he was crazy and got the silent treatment… …   Useful english dictionary

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