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re·fus·al

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–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 ME refusell. See refuse¹, -al²

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re·fus·al Audio Help (rĭ-fyōō'zəl) Pronunciation Key
n.

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

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refusal
noun
1.	the act of refusing
2.	a message refusing to accept something that is offered

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reˈfusal noun

Example: I was surprised at his refusal to help me; When we sent out the wedding invitations, we had several refusals.

Arabic:	رَفْض
Chinese (Simplified):	拒绝
Chinese (Traditional):	拒絕
Czech:	odmítnutí; nepřijetí
Danish:	vægring; afbud
Dutch:	weigering
Estonian:	keeldumine
Finnish:	kieltäytyminen
French:	refus
German:	die Weigerung
Greek:	άρνηση
Hungarian:	el-, visszautasítás
Icelandic:	synjun, neitun
Indonesian:	penolakan
Italian:	rifiuto

Japanese:	拒否
Korean:	거절
Latvian:	atteikums; noraidījums
Lithuanian:	atsisakymas, nesutikimas, atmetimas
Norwegian:	avslag
Polish:	odmowa, odpowiedź odmowna
Portuguese (Brazil):	recusa
Portuguese (Portugal):	recusa
Romanian:	refuz
Russian:	отказ
Slovak:	odmietnutie
Slovenian:	odklonitev
Spanish:	negativa, denegación
Swedish:	vägran
Turkish:	red, kabul etmeme

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Refusal

Re*fus"al\ (-al), n. 1. The act of refusing; denial of anything demanded, solicited, or offered for acceptance.

Do they not seek occasion of new quarrels, On my refusal, to distress me more? --Milton.

2. The right of taking in preference to others; the choice of taking or refusing; option; as, to give one the refusal of a farm; to have the refusal of an employment.

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