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Rebuff

Re-bŭff′, n.

noun

n. [From the verb; Fr. rebuffade, It. ri-buffo, rabbuffo. See infra.]

Repercussion, or beating back; a quick and sudden resistance. “The strong rebuff of some tumultuous cloud.” Milton.
Sudden check; defeat; repellence; refusal; rejection of solicitation.

Re-bŭff', v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. REBUFFED (re-bŭft'); p. pr. & vb. n. REBUFFING.] [Prefix re and buff, q. v.] To beat back; to offer sudden resistance to; to check; to repel violently, harshly, or uncourteously.