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re⋅fus⋅al

  [ri-fyoo-zuhl]
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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 refuse 1 , -al 2
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re·fus·al   (rĭ-fyōō'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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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : refusal
Spanish: negativa, denegación,
German: die Weigerung,
Japanese: 拒否
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