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Definition of Refusal
Refusal

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

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.

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Refusal Quotations

A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

A soft refusal is not always taken, but a rude one is immediately believed.
Alexander Chase

Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.
Soren Kierkegaard

Perhaps the surest test of an individual's integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect.
Thomas S. Monson

Now, what produces a want of demand? A refusal to take from other countries the commodities which they produce.
Joseph Hume

Refusal Translations

refusal in Afrikaans is weiering, bedanking
refusal in Dutch is weigering, afwijzing
refusal in French is refus, refus
refusal in German is Weigerung, Ablehnung {f}
refusal in Italian is rifiuto, rifiuto, rifiuto
refusal in Portuguese is recusa
refusal in Spanish is repulsa, negativa, repudio

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