refusal

(rĭ-fyū'zəl)
n.

1. The act or an instance of refusing.
2. The opportunity or right to accept or reject something before it is offered elsewhere.

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noun

1. A negative response: nay, no, rejection. See affirm/deny/argue.
2. A turning down of a request: denial, disallowance, rejection, turndown. See accept/reject.

n

Definition: denial of responsibility; unwillingness
Antonyms: acceptance, approval, grant, offer, ok, sanction

The depth below which a pile cannot be driven.

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The rejection of something to which a person is entitled, such as the rejection of goods under a contract, e.g., U.C.C. §2-601.
The denial of an obligation to perform a legal duty such as the refusal to complete a contract. 163 A. 2d 803, 806.
A refusal may be an affirmative act, or it may be the mere failure or neglect to perform an act that one is obligated to do without a demand therefore, such as the payment of money. 248 N.W.
261, 266; 72 Mass. 224, 225.

A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

n.

Denial of something desired; as an elderly maiden's hand in marriage, to a rich and handsome suitor; a valuable franchise to a rich corporation, by an alderman; absolution to an impenitent king, by a priest, and so forth. Refusals are graded in a descending scale of finality thus: the refusal absolute, the refusal condition, the refusal tentative and the refusal feminine. The last is called by some casuists the refusal assentive.

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For a list of words related to refusal, see:

• Advertising - refusal: right of first actor or model selected for advertisement to refuse or accept assignment

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See words rhyming with "refusal."

  See crossword solutions for the clue Refusal.

Common misspelling(s) of refusal

• refusla

Dansk (Danish)
n. - afslag, vægring, nægtelse, forkøbsret

Nederlands (Dutch)
weigering, optie/ voorkeur

Français (French)
n. - refus, réponse négative, (Équit) refus

Deutsch (German)
n. - Verweigerung, Ablehnung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - άρνηση, αποποίηση

idioms:

• first refusal    ευκαιρία αγοράς εμπορεύματος πριν γίνει γνωστή η προσφορά

Italiano (Italian)
rifiuto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - recusa (f)

Русский (Russian)
отказ

Español (Spanish)
n. - negativa, opción

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - avslag, förköpsrätt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
拒绝, 优先决定权, 推却

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 拒絕, 優先決定權, 推卻

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 거절, 거부, 취사 선택

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 拒否, 拒絶, 辞退, 選択権, 拒否権

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) رفض‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סירוב‬

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