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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
refusal
n 1: the act of refusing
2: a message refusing to accept something that is offered
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Refusal \Re*fus"al\ (-al), n.
1. The act of refusing; denial of anything demanded,
solicited, or offered for acceptance.
[1913 Webster]
Do they not seek occasion of new quarrels,
On my refusal, to distress me more? --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
2. The right of taking in preference to others; the choice of
taking or refusing; option; as, to give one the refusal of
a farm; to have the refusal of an employment.
[1913 Webster]
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3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) |
REFUSAL. The act of declining to receive or to do something.
2. A grantee may refuse a title, vide Assent; one appointed executor
may refuse to act as such. la some cases, a neglect to perform a duty which
the party is required by law or his agreement to do, will amount to a
refusal.
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4. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906) |
REFUSAL, n. Denial of something desired; as an elderly maiden's hand
in marriage, to a rich and handsome suitor; a valuable franchise to a
rich corporation, by an alderman; absolution to an impenitent king, by
a priest, and so forth. Refusals are graded in a descending scale of
finality thus: the refusal absolute, the refusal condition, the
refusal tentative and the refusal feminine. The last is called by
some casuists the refusal assentive.
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Thesaurus Results for Refusal:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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