rebuff
Definitions
noun
A sudden resistance or refusal.
He was surprised by her quick rebuff to his proposal.
And it is symptomatic of the many paradoxes of Lederer's life that of all the people in the room, Brotherhood is the one whom he would most wish to serve, if ever he had the opportunity, even though — or perhaps because — his occasional efforts to ingratiate himself with his adopted hero have met with iron rebuff.
Repercussion, or beating back.
the strong rebuff of some tumultuous cloud
verb
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.
Lawyers for CBS News are rebuffing a legal threat from Donald Trump over the network’s “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris, telling the former president his demands are based on a “faulty premise.”
verb
To buff again.