Thesaurus: refuse

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1. v. t. To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant.
2. v. t. 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; as, to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks.
3. v. t. To decline to accept; to reject; to deny the request or petition of; as, to refuse a suitor.
4. v. t. To disown.
5. v. i. To deny compliance; not to comply.
6. n. Refusal.
7. n. That which is refused or rejected as useless; waste or worthless matter.
8. a. Refused; rejected; hence; left as unworthy of acceptance; of no value; worthless.
9. n. food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
10. v. show unwillingness towards
11. v. not accept as true
12. v. elude, especially in a baffling way