Antonym: acceptance. Similar words: refuse, perusal, espousal, defuse, refuge, refute, refund, careful. Meaning: [rɪ'fjuːzl] n. 1. the act of refusing 2. a message refusing to accept something that is offered.
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121 Their refusal to acknowledge the hitherto unfair rating of widows, widowers and single people.
122 Recently 771 conscripts publicly announced their refusal to do military service as part of a national defiance campaign by the anti-apartheid community.
123 Bungalow refusal: Plans to build three bungalows at Village Farm, Trimdon, have been refused.
124 Bhutto's relations with the Army deteriorated after her refusal to impose martial law in Sind under Article 245 of the Constitution.
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125 Mitterrand and Lecanuet portrayed the General's refusal to campaign as contempt for the democratic process.
126 The refusal to accept a marriage proposal was often interpreted as a statement of superiority.
127 That measure, though, would not allow prosecutors to use that refusal as evidence of guilt.
128 Workers may also have vital evidence to give about the interpretation of a parent's silence or refusal to give information.
129 Giscard's position has been weakened by his refusal to declare his candidacy and the animosity between him and Mitterrand.
130 Behind these arrears is evidence of a collective refusal to pay, which the bishop's officers could not overcome.
131 This attitude is linked to their refusal to accept that the prohibition of inhumane weapons applies to nuclear weapons.
132 What none of the trio could get used to was Evelyn's continued refusal to make a move to clarify her situation.
133 The gifts had become a pressure, an embarrassment, and her refusal to accept them had made him manipulative.
134 It was held that the refusal was unreasonable because the employers had agreed to pay the extra travelling costs.
135 The company's refusal to hire him was a blatant act of discrimination.
136 He and the mayor asked Marriott to grant the city the right of first refusal.
137 There is, however, a refusal of the Romantic notion of an ultimate resolution of culture.
138 Mrs Moon says prosecutors have consistently refused to listen to her adamant refusal to pursue the case.
139 With Thornton's final refusal the comrades could not fudge the Chair issue any longer.
140 The Tribunal hears appeals by prospective residential home owners against local authorities' refusal to register.
141 The authority has no duty to implement any proposals for redress but clearly refusal to do so may lead to unwelcome publicity.
142 Besides, a refusal would seem as if she placed too much importance on an accepted practice.
143 Their refusal owes something to a distaste for addiction in itself.
144 ONCE again, we had been let down by the refusal of human beings to conform to expected patterns.
145 Margaret was in complete agreement with her husband's refusal to accept the bribe of a bishopric.
146 It follows the film star's refusal to sign an agreement covering his twice-weekly meetings with the boy.
147 Isaac loved the Comet dearly and it would have been pointless to hold this refusal against him.
148 At that point failure to do so would have the same consequences as any other refusal to work without just cause.
149 The blank and sometimes insolent refusal to allow a quicker group through is another malpractice becoming more prevalent.
150 The shock move follows his refusal to speak at a trial on the fate of the banned Communist Party.