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rejection, renunciation Abstract Expressionism is described as “characterized by geometric shapes and swaths of color.” Clearly, this is very different from “realist painting.” A good fill-in would thus be something like repudiation, which means a rejection or a refusal to deal with something. Memento (an object serving as a reminder; souvenir) and commemoration (a service, celebration, etc., serving to remember a person or event) are an incorrect (and imperfect) pair. Manifestation (the action or fact of showing an abstract idea; symptom or sign) and vindication (exoneration, acquittal) have no relationship.
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