REFUSAL
\ɹɪfjˈuːsə͡l], \ɹɪfjˈuːsəl], \ɹ_ɪ_f_j_ˈuː_s_əl]\
Definitions of REFUSAL
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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The act of refusing; denial of anything demanded, solicited, or offered for acceptance.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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The act of refusing; denial of anything demanded, solicited, or offered for acceptance.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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The act of rejecting or denying; rejection or denial of anything offered or asked; the right to refuse or take before others; as, to have the refusal of an office.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. Act of refusing; denial of anything demanded, solicited, or offered for acceptance; —the right of taking in preference to others; option; preference; pre-emption.
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