LekhoriLekhoriA sudden resistance or refusal.
He was surprised by her quick rebuff to his proposal.
Repercussion, or beating back.
the strong rebuff of some tumultuous cloud
To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out.
The plaque (2014) doesn't tell you that Leonard [Woolf] had initially been rebuffed. His intended proposal was refused by Virginia [Woolf to be], who then had a change of heart.
To buff again.
From obsolete French rebuffer, from Middle French rebuffer (compare French rebiffer (“to rise up, revolt”)), from Italian ribuffare.
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