refuse

/ˈɹɛfjuːs/

noun

  1. 1

    Collectively, items or material that have been discarded; rubbish, garbage.

adjective

  1. 1

    Discarded, rejected.

noun

  1. 1

    Refusal

verb

  1. 1

    To decline (a request or demand).

    My request for a pay rise was refused.
  2. 2

    To decline a request or demand, forbear; to withhold permission.

    I asked the star if I could have her autograph, but she refused.
  3. 3

    To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the centre, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular alignment when troops are about to engage the enemy.

    to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks
  4. 4

    To disown.

verb

  1. 1

    To melt again.

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