v. t. | 1. | To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant. |
2. | (Mil.) To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the center, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular aligment when troops ar about to engage the enemy; | |
3. | To decline to accept; to reject; to deny the request or petition of; | |
4. | To disown. | |
v. i. | 1. | To deny compliance; not to comply. |
n. | 1. | Refusal. |
1. | That which is refused or rejected as useless; waste or worthless matter. | |
a. | 1. | Refused; rejected; hence; left as unworthy of acceptance; of no value; worthless. |
Noun | 1. | ![]() |
Verb | 1. | refuse - show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on a hike" Synonyms: decline |
2. | refuse - refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality" | |
3. | refuse - elude, especially in a baffling way; "This behavior defies explanation" | |
4. | refuse - refuse to let have; "She denies me every pleasure"; "he denies her her weekly allowance" Synonyms: deny | |
5. | refuse - resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor" | |
6. | refuse - refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs" |