Definitions for refusal
rɪˈfyu zəlre·fusal

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. refusalnoun

   the act of refusing

2. refusalnoun

   a message refusing to accept something that is offered

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. refusalnoun

   The act of refusing.

2. refusalnoun

   Depth or point at which well or borehole drilling cannot continue.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Refusalnoun

   Etymology: from refuse.

   1. The act of refusing; denial of any thing demanded or solicited.

   God has born with all his weak and obstinate refusals of grace, and has given him time day after day. John Rogers.

   2. The preemption; the right of having any thing before another; option.

   When employments go a begging for want of hands, they shall be sure to have the refusal. Jonathan Swift.

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1. refusal

   Refusal is the act or instance of declining, rejecting, or expressing a decision, wish, or unwillingness to accept, comply with, undertake, or agree to something. It could involve a certain offer, invitation, order, or command. It can also be the denial of satisfying a request, claim, or demand.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Refusalnoun

   the act of refusing; denial of anything demanded, solicited, or offered for acceptance

2. Refusalnoun

   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

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Refusal

   In horse riding, a refusal is the failure of a horse to jump a fence to which he/she is presented. This includes any stop in forward motion. A run-out is when the horse quickly slides past or "ducks out" of a fence instead of jumping it, without stopping forward motion.

Matched Categories

1. • Denial
   • Message

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'refusal' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4659

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'refusal' in Nouns Frequency: #1878

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Anagrams for refusal »

1. fur seal

2. earfuls

How to pronounce refusal?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say refusal in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of refusal in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of refusal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of refusal in a Sentence

1. Antony Blinken:

   I'm not going to put a specific date on it, but with every passing day and Iran's refusal to engage in good faith, the runway gets shortened.

2. Hillary Clinton:

   Some of it was old-fashioned sexism and the refusal to accept the equality of women, and certainly the equality of women’s leadership.

3. Paul Ryan:

   This decision, long overdue, is the result of her reckless use of a private email server, and her refusal to be forthcoming with federal investigators, i renew my call for the Director of National Intelligence to suspend all classified briefings for Bill Clinton until this matter is fully resolved.

4. David Asher:

   It is U.S. law to engage in effective arms control and nonproliferation, not facilitate it via ‘scientific cooperation’ in the name of threat reduction or refusal to engage in effective compliance with Communist countries that openly aim to incorporate synthetic biology into the future of warfare (apparently with our naive material and scientific assistance), we don’t know for certain what happened in Wuhan but we had every reason to investigate and ask questions.

5. Angela Alsobrooks:

   There is no other way to justify Tom Hucker refusal to mail ballots to Marylanders, or Tom Hucker request that we, in the middle of a pandemic, ask hundreds of thousands of voters to go to crowded polling places.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=refusal
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Refusal
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=refusal
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/refusal
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=refusal
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=refusal