refuse
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/ˈɹɛfjuːs/
English
Definitions
noun
- Collectively, items or material that have been discarded; rubbish, garbage.
adjective
- Discarded, rejected.
noun
- Refusal
verb
- To decline (a request or demand).“My request for a pay rise was refused.”
- To decline a request or demand, forbear; to withhold permission.“I asked the star if I could have her autograph, but she refused.”
- 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”
- To disown.
verb
- To melt again.
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Synonyms
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