Definition of Refusal

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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

Elegance is refusal.
Coco Chanel

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

There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however imperfect, against tyranny and aggression may result in consequences even worse than war.
Reinhold Niebuhr

Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
Fran Lebowitz

Why is it that many contemporary male thinkers, especially men of color, repudiate the imperialist legacy of Columbus but affirm dimensions of that legacy by their refusal to repudiate patriarchy?
bell hooks

The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all.
John Updike

Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.
Annie Besant

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

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

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.
Chinua Achebe

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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