refusal

 [ri-fyoo-zuhl]  

re·fus·al

   [ri-fyoo-zuhl]
noun
1.
an act or instance of refusing.
2.
priority in refusing or taking something; option.
3.
complete resistance of a driven pile to further driving.
Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English refusell. See refuse1, -al2

Related forms
pre·re·fus·al, noun
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Refusal is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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refusal (rɪˈfjuːzəl)
 
—n
1.  the act or an instance of refusing
2.  the opportunity to reject or accept; option

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