Definition of 'refusal'
Word forms: plural refusals
1. variable noun
Someone's refusal to do something is the fact of them showing or saying that they will not do it, allow it, or accept it.
...her refusal to accept change.
His letter in response to her request had contained a firm refusal.
...the Council's refusal of planning permission for a major shopping centre.
We would appreciate confirmation of your refusal of our invitation to take part.
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Example sentences containing 'refusal'
The Sun (2011) Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Please do not redeem this voucher against any other product as refusal to accept may cause embarrassment.
The Sun (2013) Times, Sunday Times (2006)Which means her only connection with the countryside is her refusal to take part in it.
Times, Sunday Times (2015) The Sun (2015)Would he have given them first refusal?
Times, Sunday Times (2010) The Sun (2016)Please do not attempt to exchange this coupon for another product as refusal may cause embarrassment.
The Sun (2014)Do not attempt to exchange this voucher for another product as refusal to accept may
cause embarrassment.
The Sun (2013)Whether the property qualifies for the right of first refusal can sometimes be quite tricky to work out.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)The thing that could easily be changed is the stubborn refusal to let technology play a part for referees.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)His deportation was put on hold as he launched a judicial review against the refusal of his initial asylum claim.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)And that's why so many songwriters like to give her first refusal on their songs.
Times, Sunday Times (2010) Times, Sunday Times (2006) Times, Sunday Times (2010) The Sun (2015) The Sun (2012)Although we may want these things, the simple act of refusal gives us a tiny morsel of subjectivity.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)But yesterday was a day when he no doubt found himself cursing his former team's refusal to give in.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)Should his move not work out, Saints do not have first refusal if he wants to move back to rugby league.
The Sun (2011)Companies that trampled over shareholders' right of first refusal over new stock would do so at their peril, they muttered darkly.
Times, Sunday Times (2009) THE AGE OF CONSENT (2003)Trends of 'refusal'
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Translations for 'refusal'
British English: refusal /rɪˈfjuːzl/
NOUN
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.
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.
- Arabic: رَفْض
- Brazilian Portuguese: recusa
- Chinese: 拒绝
- Croatian: odbijanje
- Czech: odmítnutí
- Danish: afslag
- Dutch: weigering
- European Spanish: negativa
- Finnish: kieltäytyminen
- French: refus
- German: Ablehnung
- Greek: άρνηση
- Italian: rifiuto negazione
- Japanese: 拒否
- Korean: 거절
- Norwegian: avslag
- Polish: odmowa
- Portuguese: recusa
- Romanian: refuz refuzuri
- Russian: отказ
- Spanish: negativa negación
- Swedish: vägran
- Thai: การปฏิเสธ
- Turkish: ret
- Ukrainian: відмова
- Vietnamese: sự từ chối
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Definition of refusal from the
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