refusal (rɪˈfjuːzəll
)
Definitions
noun
- the act or an instance of refusing
- the opportunity to reject or accept; option
Synonyms
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rejection,
denial,
defiance,
rebuff,
knock-back,
thumbs down,
repudiation,
kick in the teeth,
negation,
no,
Translations
- British English:
refusal
A refusal is the fact of firmly saying or showing that you will not do, allow, or accept something....his stubborn refusal to agree to any settlement.rɪˈfjuːzl NOUN ...his stubborn refusal to agree to any settlement.
- Spanish:
negativa
nf
- French:
refus
nm
- German:
Ablehnung
nf
- Chinese: 拒绝 n
- Arabic: رَفْض n
- Portuguese: recusa nf
- Russian: отказ nm
- Croatian: odbijanje nnt
- Czech: odmítnutí nnt
- Danish: afslag nnt
- Dutch: weigering nf
- Finnish: kieltäytyminen n
- Greek: άρνηση nf
- Italian: rifiuto nm
- Japanese: 拒否 n
- Korean: 거절 n
- Norwegian: avslag nnt
- Polish: odmowa nf
- Brazilian Portuguese: recusa nf
- European Spanish:
negativa
nf
- Swedish: vägran nutr
- Thai: การปฏิเสธ n
- Turkish: red n
- Vietnamese: sự từ chối n
Usage examples
Sometimes it wasn't even intentional, just a kind of self-delusion, a refusal to accept the facts.
, LOST SUMMER (2002)The radical critique of the political is an excuse for refusal rather than grounds for collective agency.
Spiked (2004)Mr Lennon's refusal to publish the document has angered hard-liners in the union.
Irish Times (2002)An undertaking to phase out religiously based schools and the refusal of permission to found any more.
Glasgow Herald (2001)De Niro's refusal to cast her further cracked an already fragmenting relationship.
, DE NIRO: A Biography (2002)