Rebound, n. Resilience, repercussion, reaction, recoil, reverberation.
Rebuff, n.
- 1. Repercussion, beating back.
- 2. Repulse, check, opposition, resistance, defeat, discouragement.
- 3. Refusal, rejection, repulse.
Rebuff, v. a. Repel, resist, reject, check, oppose, refuse, beat back.
Rebuild, v. a. Reconstruct, renew.
Rebuke, v. a. Censure, reprove, reprehend, reprimand, chide, admonish, blame, upbraid, lecture, scold, scold at, find fault with, remonstrate with, silence.
Rebuke, n.
- 1. Censure, reprimand, remonstrance, expostulation, reproof, chiding, reproval, reprehension, blame,
reproach.
- 2. Chastisement, punishment, affliction.
Rebut, v. a.
- 1. Repel, rebuff, drive back.
- 2. Repel (by argument or by evidence), confute, refute, disprove, show the fallacy of.
Recalcitrant, a. Opposing, refractory.
Recalcitrate, v. a. Oppose, kick against, be refractory.
Recalcitration, n. Opposition, repugnance, kicking back.
Recall, v. a.
- 1. Revoke, retract, recant, repeal, abjure, rescind, annul, overrule, cancel, nullify, countermand, set aside.
- 2. Recollect, remember, recall to mind.
Recall, n. Revocation, recantation, retraction.
Recant, v. a. Retract, revoke, recall, annul, abjure, disown, disavow, unsay.
Recantation, n. Retraction, revocation, recall, abjuration.