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Webster 1913 Edition
Refusal
Re-fus′al
(-al)
, Noun.
1.
The act of refusing; denial of anything demanded, solicited, or offered for acceptance.
Do they not seek occasion of new quarrels,
On my
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 employmentWebster 1828 Edition
Refusal
REFU'SAL
,Noun.
1.
The act of refusing; denial of any thing demanded, solicited or offered for acceptance. The first refusal is not always proof that the request will not be ultimately granted.2.
The right of taking in preference to others; the choice of taking or refusing; option; pre-emption. We say, a man has the refusal of a farm or a horse, or the refusal of an employment.Definition 2024
refusal
refusal
English
Noun
refusal (plural refusals)
- The act of refusing.
- (civil engineering) Depth or point at which well or borehole drilling cannot continue.
Synonyms
- (act of refusing): repudiation, abnegation, declination
Derived terms
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Translations
the act of refusing
depth or point at which well or borehole drilling cannot continue