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Definition of Refusal

1. Noun. The act of refusing.

2. Noun. A message refusing to accept something that is offered.

Definition of Refusal

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

Definition of Refusal

1. Noun. The act of refusing. ¹

2. Noun. (context: civil engineering) Depth or point at which well or borehole drilling cannot continue. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Refusal

1. the act of refusing [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Refusal

refurbishing refurbishment refurbishments refurbs refurl refurled refurling refurls refurnish refurnished

refurnishes refurnishing refurnishment refurnishments refusable refusal (current term) refusal to treat refusals refuse refuse-derived fuel

refuse collector refuse disposal refuse heap refused refusenik refuseniks refuser refusers refuses refusest

Literary usage of Refusal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"[3,4] Defendant also complains of the court's refusal to give his Instruction No. ... 7 should have been given, but its refusal was not error, ..."

2. The Office and Duty of Executors by Thomas Wentworth, Henry Curson, Henry Jeremy (1829)
"Now as touching the other point fit to be thought of before we meddle with the probate, viz. refusal to prove, we will thereabout consider these several ..."

3. The Law of Combinations, Monopolies and Labor Unions by Frederick Hale Cooke (1909)
"Inducing refusal to deal, in pursuance of combination.— The question of the legality of inducing refusal to deal has more commonly arisen in case of the ..."

4. The Law of Municipal Corporations: Together with a Brief Sketch of Their by John William Willcock (1827)
"refusal OF OFFICE. posed by ar » Penalty im- 587. A Corporation has a right to the service of all by-law. its members in those offices to which they are ..."

5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1845)
"90, as upon a refusal by a party, appearing by Counsel, and admitting, that she had disobeyed an Order to transfer. . By the Order, pronounced in this cause ..."

6. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"A voluntary refusal to pay an honest debt is a high offense in a commercial community and is just cause of war between nations. So far as the defense rests ..."

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