Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Rebuffing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rebuff \Re*buff"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rebuffed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Rebuffing}.]
To beat back; to offer sudden resistance to; to check; to
repel or repulse violently, harshly, or uncourteously.
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