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

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  1. n. The act of refusing; denial of anything demanded, solicited, or offered for acceptance.
  2. n. 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.
  3. n. the act of refusing
  4. n. a message refusing to accept something that is offered
  5. 1. The act of refusing; denial of anything demanded, solicited, or offered for acceptance. Do they not seek occasion of new quarrels, On my refusal, to distress me more Milton. 2. 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.
  6. n:100 n. the act of refusing n. a message refusing to accept something that is offered