Refuse to deal with
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BOYCOTT
A group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies

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REJECTION
The act of rejecting something; "his proposals were met with rejection"

PROSCRIBE
Command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans"

PICKETING

OSTRACIZE
Avoid speaking to or dealing with; "Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me"

OSTRACISM
The act of excluding someone from society by general consent

OSTRACISE
Avoid speaking to or dealing with; "Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me"

OBJECTION
(law) a procedure whereby a party to a suit says that a particular line of questioning or a particular witness or a piece of evidence or other matter is improper and should not be continued and asks the court to rule on its impropriety or illegality

NARROWING
The act of making something narrower

JOBACTION
A temporary action by workers to protest management decision or to make demands

GRIEVANCE
An allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice

EXCLUSION
The act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school"

EXCEPTION
An instance that does not conform to a rule or generalization; "all her children were brilliant; the only exception was her last child"; "an exception tests the rule"

DEBARRING

DEBARMENT
The act of prevention by legal means; "they achieved his debarment from holding public office"

COMPLAINT
(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense; "he was arrested on a charge of larceny"

CHALLENGE
A demand by a sentry for a password or identification

BLACKLIST
A list of people who are out of favor

BLACKBALL
The act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto

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SHUTITDOWN

RELEGATION
Mild banishment; consignment to an inferior position; "he has been relegated to a post in Siberia"

RAISEAHOWL

PRECLUSION
The act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively

INJUNCTION
(law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity; "injunction were formerly obtained by writ but now by a judicial order"

GOONSTRIKE

BOYCOTTAGE

BANISHMENT
Rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone

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RESTRICTION
An act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)

REPUDIATION
Rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid; "Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated"

REMONSTRATE
Censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"

PROHIBITION
The action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof); "they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter"; "a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages"; "he ignored his parents' forbiddance"

EXPOSTULATE
Reason with (somebody) for the purpose of dissuasion

DEMONSTRATE
Establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"

DEMARCATION
A conceptual separation or distinction; "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity"

COMPUNCTION
A feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)

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WORKSTOPPAGE
A group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions; "the strike lasted more than a month before it was settled"

REMONSTRANCE
The act of expressing earnest opposition or protest

PROTESTATION
A strong declaration of protest

PROSCRIPTION
Rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone

OUTLAWSTRIKE

NONADMISSION

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WILDCATSTRIKE
A strike undertaken by workers without approval from the officials of their union

SITDOWNSTRIKE

REMONSTRATION
The act of expressing earnest opposition or protest

OSTRACIZATION

EXPOSTULATION
The act of expressing earnest opposition or protest

ENTERAPROTEST

DISFELLOWSHIP

DEMONSTRATION
A show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view; "the presentation of new data"; "he gave the customer a demonstration"

CRYOUTAGAINST

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SYMPATHYSTRIKE
A strike in support of other workers who are on strike; a strike not resulting from direct grievances against the workers' employer

CALLINQUESTION

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STATEAGRIEVANCE

PRESSOBJECTIONS

INADMISSIBILITY
Unacceptability as a consequence of not being admissible

CIRCUMSCRIPTION
The act of circumscribing

WASHONESHANDSOF

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YELLBLOODYMURDER

RULEBOOKSLOWDOWN

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NONVIOLENTPROTEST

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INDIGNATIONMEETING

GRIEVANCECOMMITTEE

DEMONSTRATEAGAINST

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PROTESTDEMONSTRATION