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adj. 1 insubordinate, defiant, mutinous, revolutionary,<br />

contumacious, insurgent, insurrectionary, seditious: The more<br />

rebellious students organized mass meetings against the<br />

university authorities. 2 unmanageable, disobedient,<br />

incorrigible, ungovernable, unruly, difficult, refractory,<br />

stubborn, obstinate, recalcitrant: They resented being treated<br />

as rebellious children.<br />

rebirth n. renaissance or renascence, revival, renewal, reawakening,<br />

resurgence, revitalization, resurrection, regeneration,<br />

rejuvenation, restoration, new beginning, reincarnation;<br />

metempsychosis, palingenesis: The 15th century marked the<br />

rebirth of learning in Europe after the so-called Dark Ages.<br />

rebound v. 1 spring back, bounce, recoil, ricochet, resile: The ball<br />

rebounded from the goalpost.<br />

--n. 2 bounce, recoil, ricochet, return, comeback,<br />

repercussion, backlash, reflex: Carter caught the ball on the<br />

rebound.<br />

rebuff n. 1 rejection, snub, check, denial, repulse, refusal,<br />

dismissal, defeat, repudiation, slight, discouragement, Colloq<br />

cold shoulder, cut, put-down, brush-off, Slang US brush:<br />

Ellie's friendly approach was met with an abrupt rebuff.<br />

--v. 2 reject, snub, check, deny, repel, drive away, spurn,<br />

repulse, refuse, dismiss, defeat, repudiate, slight, ignore,<br />

send (someone) to Coventry, Colloq give (someone) the cold<br />

shoulder, cut, put (someone) down, brush (someone) off, give<br />

(someone) the brush-off, tell (someone) where to go or get off,<br />

tell (someone) where to get lost, Slang give (someone) his or<br />

her walking papers, freeze (someone) out , US give (someone) the<br />

brush, show (someone) the door: She rebuffed everyone who<br />

proposed marriage to her, preferring to remain a spinster.<br />

rebuke v. 1 scold, reproach, admonish, reprove, reprimand, lecture,<br />

censure, chide, reprehend, berate, castigate, criticize, take to<br />

task, upbraid, revile, Colloq dress down, bawl out, give<br />

(someone) a piece of one's mind, haul (someone) over the coals,<br />

let (someone) have it, give (someone) hell or what for, tell<br />

(someone) off, tell (someone) where to get off, Brit carpet,<br />

tear (someone) off a strip, tick (someone) off, wig, blow

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