refuse
/ˈɹɛfjuːs/
noun
- 1
Collectively, items or material that have been discarded; rubbish, garbage.
adjective
- 1
Discarded, rejected.
noun
- 1
Refusal
verb
- 1
To decline (a request or demand).
“My request for a pay rise was refused.”
- 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
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
To disown.
verb
- 1
To melt again.
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