To refuse is to decline, deny, reject, or resist. If a stranger offers you candy, you should politely refuse.
To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant.
Noun
food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
Verb
show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on a hike"
Verb
refuse to let have; "She denies me every pleasure"; "he denies her her weekly allowance"
Verb
refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality"
Verb
refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"
Verb
elude, especially in a baffling way; "This behavior defies explanation"
Verb
resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor"
v. t.
To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command;
to decline to do or grant.
v. t.
To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the center, a
wing, or a flank), out of the regular aligment when troops ar/ about to
engage the enemy; as, to refuse the right wing while the left wing
attacks.
v. t.
To decline to accept; to reject; to deny the request or
petition of; as, to refuse a suitor.
v. t.
To disown.
v. i.
To deny compliance; not to comply.
n.
Refusal.
n.
That which is refused or rejected as useless; waste or
worthless matter.
a.
Refused; rejected; hence; left as unworthy of acceptance;
of no value; worthless.
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That never yet refused your hest.2.
The cunning workman never doth refuse The meanest tool that he may chance to use.4.
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Too proud to ask, too humble to refuse.
If ye refuse . . . ye shall be devoured with the sword.
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Everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant.
To deny compliance; not to comply.
Refusal.
That which is refused or rejected as useless; waste or worthless matter.
Refused; rejected; hence; left as unworthy of acceptance; of no value; worthless.
Usage Examples
Fantastic tyrant of the amorous heart. How hard thy yoke, how cruel thy dart. Those escape your anger who refuse your sway, and those are punished most, who most obey.
I absolutely refuse to reveal my age. What am I - a car?
I don't want to clip on the armour every morning. I've seen some politicians do this and they get a bit mangled and bitter. I just refuse to do that. I refuse to be angry or bitter or complain, and I remain open. I may sometimes be a bit too open but I'm not going to change that one bit.
I am politically pro-choice, but personally pro-life. I have my faith but refuse to force it on the world at large - especially this world, so brutal and unjust. I cannot make these wrenching personal life and death decisions for others - nor do I believe they should be made by a church run by childless men.
Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have.
Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement.
I honestly don't know, but if America continues to refuse to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, I see a bleak future not only for American society, but for the world as a whole. This is a global problem that is not going away, and the United States is an obstacle to solving it.
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Other Usage ExamplesI refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me. As if there's a 'one size fits all' standard for happiness.
I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.
I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory as a danger, every innovation as a toilsome trouble, every social advance as a first step toward revolution, and that they may absolutely refuse to move at all.
I don't work very much, and I just sit here waiting for a script that I can't refuse - and I'm not talking about money.
I get up every morning and it's going to be a great day. You never know when it's going to be over so I refuse to have a bad day.
I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.
Acting is fun and I refuse to get involved in the semantics and the politics of strategy and breaking out of something or doing something because you need to do something else. For me it's all about what fuels my soul and if I'm passionate about a screenplay then that's what I'll do next.
I have sung for Americans of every political persuasion, and I am proud that I never refuse to sing to an audience, no matter what religion or color of their skin, or situation in life.
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