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Refuse

/ˈɹɛfjuːs/

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

📖 Definitions of "Refuse"

noun

adjective

11 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
declinenoun	The act of declining or refusing something.
rejectverb	(transitive) To refuse to accept; to forswear.
defyverb	(transitive) To refuse to obey.
denyverb	(transitive) To assert that something is not true.
resistverb	(intransitive) To oppose; to refuse to accept.
turn downverb	(idiomatic) To refuse, decline, or deny.
garbagenoun	Useless or disposable material; waste material of any kind.
scrapsnoun	food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
turn awayverb	(transitive, figuratively) To refuse to admit someone or accept something.
pass upverb	(idiomatic, transitive) To refuse (not accept); forgo.
food wastenoun	food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
applyverb	(transitive) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case
haveverb	(transitive) To possess, own.
takeverb	(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
admitverb	(transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration
allowverb	(transitive, catenative) To permit, to give permission to.
acceptverb	(transitive) To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
consentnoun	(intransitive) To express willingness, to give permission.
let inverb	(transitive) To let someone or something come in; to admit someone or something in.
go forverb	(transitive) To try for, to attempt to reach.
allow inverb	allow to enter; grant entry to
lend oneselfverb	be applicable to; as to an analysis
grantnoun	(ditransitive) To give (permission or wish).

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
turn downverb	(idiomatic) To refuse, decline, or deny.
rejectverb	(transitive) To refuse to accept; to forswear.
denyverb	(transitive) To assert that something is not true.
turn awayverb	(transitive, figuratively) To refuse to admit someone or accept something.
resistverb	(intransitive) To oppose; to refuse to accept.
defyverb	(transitive) To refuse to obey.
declineverb	(transitive) To choose not to do something; refuse, forbear, refrain.
pass upverb	(idiomatic, transitive) To refuse (not accept); forgo.
garbageverb	(transitive, chiefly US, Canada, obsolete) to eviscerate
food wastenoun	food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
scrapsnoun	food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
rejectionnoun	The act of rejecting.
repelverb	(transitive) To drive back (an assailant, advancing force etc.).
disqualifyverb	(transitive) To make ineligible for something.
rebuffverb	(transitive) To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out.
nullifyverb	To make of no use or value; to cancel out.
excludeverb	(transitive) To bar (someone or something) from entering; to keep out.
refusalnoun	The act of refusing.
repudiateverb	(transitive) To reject the truth or validity of; to deny.
abandonverb	(transitive) To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.