Refusal

Definitions: Refusal

Refusal

Noun

1. The act of refusing.

2. The polite declining of an invitation.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "refusal" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Satire

Census

Mining

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Synonyms: Refusal

Dissent

Refusal.

Negation

Qualification; repudiation; retraction; confutation; refusal; prohibition.

Possession

Futures contract, warrant, put, call, option; right of first refusal.

Purchase

Noun: purchase, emption; buying, purchasing, shopping; preemption, refusal.

Refusal

Noun: refusal, rejection; noncompliance, incompliance; denial; declining; Verb: declension;

Declinature; peremptory refusal, flat refusal, point blank refusal; repulse, rebuff; discountenance.

Rejection

Noun: rejection, repudiation, exclusion; refusal; declination

Unwillingness

Averseness; (dislike); dissent; refusal.

Crosswords: Refusal

And we've developed a taste for it. We agree that getting our own pool is the way to go. Now before you respond, you should know that your refusal will result in months and months of (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

I can't believe that you're willing to destroy our marriage all because of your childish refusal to accept the death of an animal. (Cheers; writing credit: Isaac Cronin; Wayne Wang)

Now my idea for that little trick you pulled was three days suspension and refusal of your prom tickets. (Carrie; writing credit: Lawrence D. Cohen; Stephen King)

This young man has had a very trying rookie season, with the litigation, the notoriety, his subsequent deportation to Canada and that country's refusal to accept him. Number six, Ogie Oglethorpe. (Slap Shot; writing credit: Nancy Dowd)

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Books

• Elements of Refusal (reference)

• Miss Ware's Refusal (Signet Regency Romance) (reference)

• Refusal of the Shadow: Surrealism and the Caribbean (reference)

• Resistance, Destructiveness and Refusal (reference)

• School Refusal Behavior in Youth: A Functional Approach to Assessment and Treatment (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Refusal Fossil (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Great Drink Refusal #21.Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Senate putting lock on disclosure refusal.Credit: Library of Congress.

Four adults and six children, from Passaic, N.J., picket the White House following President Coolidge's refusal to listen to their complaints about wage cuts in the textile industry.Credit: Library of Congress.

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It is, then, the opinion of the Court [that Marbury has a] right to the commission; a refusal to deliver which is a plain violation of that right, for which the laws of his country afford him a remedy. (reference)

For those whose application is rejected, the privilege will terminate at the date of the refusal. (reference)

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Her resolution of refusal only grew more interesting by the addition of a scheme for his subsequent consolation and happiness.

The aunt did not inform the grandfather of this refusal, lest she should exasperate him.

Of so little weight are the greatest services to princes, when put into the balance with a refusal to gratify their passions.

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Health

All but four States permit parental refusal. (references)

State law should mandate the availability of these services while permitting parental refusal. (references)

They learn other coping techniques, such as cigarette refusal skills, assertiveness, and time management. (references)

Business

The U.S. Embassy in Prague issues 40,000 - 50,000 visas every year. A multiple-entry, 10-year visa can be obtained within 10 working days for a fee of 45 USD. The visa refusal rate is currently about 20%. Despite the relatively low-income level of Czechs and the current, non-advantageous exchange rate from Czech crowns to U.S. dollars, (40 Czech crowns = $1 USD), the market for travel to the United States is growing. (references)

Children

Israel and the occupied territories

A petition was filed with the High Court of Justice in May 1997 charging that the Ministry of Education's refusal to provide this program to Israeli Arab students was discriminatory. (references)

Civil Liberties

Congo

No data on the refusal rate for exit visa applications was available. (references)

Mozambique

The demonstrators were protesting the Government's refusal to pay their pensions. (references)

Economic History

Bangladesh

The opposition's refusal to participate, however, forced Ershad to abandon these plans. (references)

Peru

In case of transfer of shares the law stipulates a right of first refusal for the existing shareholders. (references)

Egypt

It requires the government to consider both price and best value and to issue an explanation for a bid's refusal. (references)

Human Rights

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Monitors' interventions often met with delays or categorical refusal. (references)

Ireland

However, the accused may not be convicted based solely on a refusal to speak. (references)

Turkmenistan

There were unconfirmed reports that a member of the Baptist Church was tortured due to his refusal to perform military service. (references)

Minorities

Azerbaijan

Ethnic Armenians have complained of discrimination in employment and harassment at schools and workplaces and of the refusal of local government authorities to pay pensions. (references)

Eritrea

Members of Jehovah's Witnesses generally are disliked and face some societal discrimination because of their refusal to participate in the independence referendum in 1993 and to perform national service, a refusal that is seen widely as unpatriotic. (references)

Political Economy

BULGARIA

In practice, refusal to work in such situations would result in loss of employment for many workers. (references)

Political Rights

Kyrgyz Republic

In the second round, more than 10 candidates were declared winners automatically as a result of their opponents' refusal to run or, in 9 cases, the Government's cancellation of the opponents' registration. (references)

Haiti

On February 6, the Convergence named respected lawyer Gerard Gourgue as provisional president of their "alternative government." Gourgue called the act "symbolic," designed to protest the Government's refusal to amend the results of the May and November 2000 elections. (references)

Ghana

During the year, opposition members continued to express frustration about impediments that the executive branch imposed by its refusal to support opposition amendments to proposed legislation; however, the major opposition party closely scrutinizes government actions considered by Parliament. (references)

Trade

Guyana

Puerto Rican 936 funds have been limited by the refusal of local banks to offer credit guarantees. (references)

Panama

The mechanism utilized has been alleged phytosanitary deficiencies or simply the refusal or delays in processing phytosanitary permit applications for agricultural products. (references)

Egypt

ECGC's guarantee also covers political risk (non-commercial), which includes the following: cancellation of the importer's license by his/her country's authorities; refusal of entry of goods by the importer's government; denial of permission to transit a country's territory; seizure or confiscation of exported goods by the importer's country or the transit country; insolvency of a public-owned importer; or military actions or civil disturbances that affect the importer's assets. (references)

Travel

Yemen

Delay is a favorite tactic, but it can also be a polite refusal. (references)

Women

Yemen

As a woman's family usually retains the mahr, the refusal by a family to pay the mahr effectively can prevent a divorce. (references)

Cameroon

Refusal means that she must repay the bride price in full (she usually has no source of funds) and leave the family property. (references)

Worker Rights

Portugal

A refusal to pay leads to severe beatings and even murder. (references)

Russia

MAT workers subsequently went on strike to protest management's refusal to negotiate. (references)

Nigeria

In 2000 Lagos public sector workers went on strike to protest the state government's refusal to pay a higher minimum wage. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "refusal": first refusal ♦ First refusal right ♦ flat refusal ♦ have the refusal of smth. ♦ meet with a refusal ♦ meet with a stiff refusal ♦ meet with an utter refusal ♦ offer to those having the right of first refusal ♦ receive a refusal ♦ refusal point ♦ refusal rate ♦ Refusal to Treat ♦ right of first refusal ♦ To buy the refusal ♦ Treatment Refusal. Additional references.

Ending with "refusal": tax-refusal.

Afrikaan

weiering, bedanking (rejection), afwysing (rejection). (various references)

Albanian

refuzim (denial, disallowance, disclaimer, disclamation, nay, negative, no, rebuff, rejection, renouncement, repulse, set down, spurn), mospranim (challenge, denial, disapproval, disavowal, disclaimer, nay, non-acceptance, objection, rejection, renunciation, repudiation, repulse, spurn), e drejtë e blerësit të parë. (various references)

Arabic 

‏حق قبول شىء أو رفضه, ‏حق الشفعة (pre emption), ‏إمتناع القاضي, ‏إنكار (contradiction, denial, disavowal, disclaimer, negation, odium, renunciation), ‏إباء (self praise), ‏رفض القاضي, ‏رفض (decline, defy, denial, denied, deny, disallow, disapproval, disapprove, dismiss, ignore, negate, negation, negative, nix, objection, odium, overrule, pass up, rebuff, refuse, reject, rejection, renouncement, repel, reprobate, repudiate, repudiation, repulse, scorn, set aside, throw out, throw over, toss, turn down). (various references)

Bulgarian 

отказ (abandonment, declination, denial, nay, negative, no, rejection, repulse, surrender, thumbs down, traverse), право на избор (option, preference), право да откажа, право да приема. (various references)

Chinese 

抵制 (boycott, resistance), �'绝 (rebuff, Rebuffed, Rebuffing, Refused, Refusing, rejected, Rejecting, rejection, repudiation). (various references)

Czech

zamítnutí (dismissal, rejection), odmítnutí (adamant, brush off, denial, nay, rebuff, rejection, repulse), odepření (denial). (various references)

Danish

afvisning (denied boarding, rejection). (various references)

Dutch

weigering (disagreement, discord, dissension, refusal of grant, reject). (various references)

Esperanto

rifuzo. (various references)

Farsi 

سرپیچی (Disobedience, Transgression), خودداری (Abstinence, Composure, Continence, Equanimity, Restraint), امتناع , استنکاف , ابا, روگردانی , رد (Denial, Disavow, Disavowal, Disproof, Exception, Rebuff, Rebuttal, Rejection, Repulse, Veto). (various references)

Finnish

hylkääminen (abandonment, declining, desertion, disqualification, reject, rejection, rejection of). (various references)

French

refus (rebuff, reject, rejection, rejects, repulse, residue, retained fraction). (various references)

German

Weigerung (dissent), Ablehnung (challenge, denial, disaffirmation, disapproval, failure, objection, refusals, rejection, unanimous), Verweigerung (denial), Absage (cancellation, negative reply, rejection slip). (various references)

Greek 

άρνηση (denial, disallowance, disavowal, disclaimer, negation, negative, NOT operation, rebuff). (various references)

Hebrew 

מאון (reluctance), מ� יע�" (balk, baulk, hindrance, impediment, obstacle, prevention, prophylaxis, stop), שליל�" (denial, deprivation, fault, negation, prevention, privation), איון (contradiction, negation, refutation), סרוב. (various references)

Hungarian

visszautasítás (decided refusal, denial, disclaimer, no, noes, non-acceptance, rebuff, reject, rejection, repudiation, set down, smack in the face, snub, spurn, traverse, traversing). (various references)

Indonesian

penolakan (declination, denial, disclaimer). (various references)

Italian

rifiuto (cancellation, denial, disaffirmation, disallowance, disavowal, dross, junk, nay, no, rebuff, refuse, reject, rejection, repulse, spurn, waste). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

�'絶 (rejection), �'止 , �'否 (denial, rejection, veto). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

お�"とわり (declination, declining, nonacceptance, rejection, turndown), しゃぜつ, きょぜつ (rejection), きょひ (approval and disapproval, denial, great cost, rejection, veto), きょし (bearing, deportment, enormous fund, large capital, serration, teeth of a saw), ふしょうち (disagreement, disapproval, dissent, objection), ふしょう� く (disagreement, disapproval, dissent, objection), ふしょう (disagreement, disapproval, disgraceful, dissent, ill-omened, inauspicious, incompetent, injury, my humble self, my unworthy self, objection, ominous, scandalous, unidentified, unknown, wound, your humble servant), �"とわり (declination, declining, nonacceptance, rejection, turndown), じたい (circumstances, font, itself, lettering, present state of affairs, situation, type). (various references)

Korean 

거부. (various references)

Manx

obbaltys (abstinence). (various references)

Pig Latin

efusalray

Portuguese

recusa (blinding, denegation, denial, disallowance, impulse, negation, no, non-conducting, rebuff, refuse, rejection). (various references)

Romanian

respingere (dismissal, refutation, rejection), refuz (declination, denial, nay, negative, no, rebuff, rejection, repudiation), drept de preemţiune, abţinere (abstention, forbearance). (various references)

Russian 

отказ (abandonment, abdication, abnegation, ademption, brush-off, denial, disallowance, disclamation, failure, malfunction, nay, negative, putdown, rejection, renouncement, renunciation, repulse, turndown, waiver). (various references)

Scottish

ag, agadh. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

odbijanje (denial, disallowance, image degradation, nay, reflection, rejection, repudiation, repulse, repulsion, reverberation, set down, setdown, snub), dobijanje korpe. (various references)

Spanish

negativa (denial, disavowal, nay, negative, negative matrix). (various references)

Swedish

vägran (declination, denial), avslag (denia, denial, rebuff, rejection). (various references)

Turkish

ret (defeat, denial, disallowance, disavowal, nay, negation, negative, no, rebuff, refutation, rejection, repudiation, veto), reddetme (brushoff, challenge, declination, denial, disavowal, dismissal, nonacceptance, non-acceptance, rejection), red (defeat, denial, disallowance, disavowal, nay, negation, negative, no, refutation, rejection, repudiation, veto), rüçhan hakkı (preference, priority, privilege), olumsuz cevap (negative), kabul etmeme (disavowal, impeachment, nonacceptance, non-acceptance), inkâr (abnegation, contest, contestation, contradiction, denegation, denial, dereliction, disallowance, disavowal, ignoring, impugnment, nay, negation, repudiation), ilk seçme hakkı, ayrıcalık (benefit, cachet, charter, concession, concessionairy, eligibility, faculty, Favor, favour, franchise, immunity, incident, oracle, peculiar, prerogative, privilege, royalty, speciality). (various references)

Ukranian 

відмова (abandonment, abjuration, brush off, denegation, denial, disallowance, disclaimer, malfunction, nay, nay-say, negative, no, recession, relinquishment, repulse, surrender, waiver), право першого вибору. (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự từ chối (denial, non-compliance, repudiation), sự khước từ (denegation, denial, non-compliance). (various references)

Welsh

naca+d (denial), gwrthodiad (rejection), gomeddiad (omission). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "refusal": refusals. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Refusal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: refus, refuz, retusa, rousal. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: earfuls, ferulas.

-1 letter: earful, falser, farles, ferula, feuars, flares, saurel.

-2 letters: alefs, arles, aures, earls, false, fares, farle, farls, fears, feral, feuar, flare, fleas, flues, fuels, furls, fusel, lares, laser, leafs, lears, lures, rales, reals, rules, safer, seral, sulfa, sural, urase, ureal, ureas, ursae.

-3 letters: alef, ales, ares, arfs, arse, earl, ears, eras, fare, farl, feal, fear, feus, flea, flue, flus, frae, fuel, furl, furs, fuse, lars, lase, leaf, lear, leas, lues, lure, rale, rase, real, refs, rues, rule, ruse, safe, sale, saul, seal, sear, self, sera, serf, slue, slur, suer, sura, sure, surf, urea, ursa, user.

-4 letters: ale, als, are, arf, ars, ear, eau, efs, elf, els, era, ers, far, fas, fer, feu, flu, fur, lar, las, lea, leu, ras, ref, res, rue, sae, sal, sau, sea, sel, ser, sue, use.

-5 letters: ae, al, ar, as, ef, el, er, es, fa, la, re, us.

+1 letter: failures, flaneurs, flareups, funerals, refusals, refutals, surfable.

+2 letters: dreadfuls, filatures, flaunters, frauleins, fumaroles, masterful, ultrasafe.

+3 letters: artfulness, barrelfuls, barrelsful, defaulters, drawerfuls, formulates, fulgurates, gardenfuls, lifeguards, luciferase, presageful, qualifiers, sufferable, sufferably, superflack.

+4 letters: calciferous, carefullest, carefulness, disgraceful, enfleurages, fearfullest, fearfulness, featureless, fluoridates, fluorinates, formularies, frugalities, harmfulness, lactiferous, langlaufers, luciferases, masterfully, nefariously, platterfuls, plattersful, quatrefoils, requalifies, superfamily, superficial, superflacks, tearfulness, ultrafiches.

+5 letters: artfulnesses, cauliflowers, centrifugals, disregardful, dreadfulness, dreamfulness, faultfinders, formularizes, fraudulences, gracefullest, gracefulness, gratefullest, gratefulness, insufferable, insufferably, pasqueflower, prequalifies, reformulates, salutiferous, shuffleboard, sprachgefuhl, sulfonylurea, transfusable, transfusible, ultraleftism, ultraleftist, wearifulness, wrathfulness.

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