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/rɪˈfyuz/
verb, -fused, -fus⋅ing. -verb (used with object)
1. to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
2. to decline to give; deny (a request, demand, etc.): to refuse permission.
3. to express a determination not to (do something): to refuse to discuss the question. 4. to decline to submit to.
5. (of a horse) to decline to leap over (a barrier).
6. to decline to accept (a suitor) in marriage.
7. Military. to bend or curve back (the flank units of a military force) so that they face generally to the flank rather than the front.
8. Obsolete. to renounce.
-verb (used without object)
9. to decline acceptance, consent, or compliance.
Wiki User
∙ 15y ago
Wiki User
∙ 11y agoRefused means somebody/something won't do something deliberately, say if someone says to someone else "pick up my pencil" and the person ignores that person and doesn't pick up their pencil, that is refusing to do it
Wiki User
∙ 15y agoRefusal means you do not wish to do something. Like, if someone asks you to do drugs and you don't want to, that is refusal. You REFUSE(do not want) to take the drugs.
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What is a disposition of refused mean?
Deborah Kennedy
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I think you mean "rejected". It means refused or not allowed something.
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What does it mean when an employee is acused of insubordination?
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it depends who views this in their own point of view
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No it means your request has been sent and the person will have a notification of your friend request.
Has Muhammad ali refused to?
refused to wat?
When was Refused created?
Refused was created in 1991.
