refusal
Roget category 764
5. Words relating to the voluntary powers› 5.7. Special intersocial volition
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Refusal
noun
refusal,
rejection —
noncompliance,
incompliance† —
denial —
declining
etc.
v. —
declension —
declinature† —
peremptory refusal,
flat refusal,
point blank refusal —
repulse,
rebuff —
discountenance.
recusancy,
abnegation,
protest,
disclaimer —
dissent
etc.
489 —
revocation
etc.
756.
verb
refuse,
reject,
deny,
decline,
turn down —
nill,
negative —
refuse one's assent,
withhold one's assent —
shake the head —
close the hand,
close the purse —
grudge,
begrudge,
be slow to,
hang fire —
pass
(at cards).
be deaf to —
dismiss,
turn a deaf ear to,
turn one's back upon —
set one's face against,
discountenance,
not hear of,
have nothing to do with,
wash one's hands of,
stand aloof,
forswear,
set aside,
cast behind one —
not yield an inch
etc.
(obstinacy)
606.
resist,
cross —
not grant
etc.
762 —
repel,
repulse,
shut the door in one's face,
slam the door in one's face —
rebuff —
send back,
send to the right about,
send away with a flea in the ear —
deny oneself,
not be at home to —
discard,
spurn,
etc.
(repudiate)
610 —
rescind
etc.
(revoke)
756 —
disclaim,
protest —
dissent
etc.
489.
adjective
refusing
etc.
v. —
restive,
restiff† —
recusant —
uncomplying,
unconsenting —
not willing to hear of,
deaf to.
refused
etc.
v. —
ungranted,
out of the question,
not to be thought of,
impossible.
adverb
no
etc.
536 —
on no account,
not for the world —
no thank you,
thanks but no thanks.
phrase
non possumus [Lat.] —
your humble servant [Iron.] —
bien oblige [Fr.] —
not on your life [U.S.] —
no way —
not even if you beg on your knees.
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