A refusal is when you absolutely won't do something. A little kid's refusal to eat his broccoli might result in his mother's refusal to take him out for ice cream after dinner.
The act of refusing; denial of anything demanded, solicited, or offered for acceptance.
Noun
a message refusing to accept something that is offered
Noun
the act of refusing
n.
The act of refusing; denial of anything demanded,
solicited, or offered for acceptance.
n.
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.
Refusal
Do they not seek occasion of new quarrels, On my refusal, to distress me more?2.
The act of refusing; denial of anything demanded, solicited, or offered for acceptance.
Usage Examples
Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.
The failure of the system to deal quickly was attributable to Nixon's lying, stonewalling and refusal to come clean. So it took 26 months for the final truth to be known.
Some of the reasons John McCain lost in 2008 were his lackluster campaign, his refusal to showcase Obama's extreme liberalism and, thus, his failure to demonstrate why he would make a better president than Obama.
A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope.
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Other Usage ExamplesPeople who talk about revolution and class struggle without referring explicitly to everyday life, without understanding what is subversive about love and what is positive in the refusal of constraints, such people have a corpse in their mouth.
Perhaps the surest test of an individual's integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect.
When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him.
There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however imperfect, against tyranny and aggression may result in consequences even worse than war.
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