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Synonyms for refusal
rɪˈfyu zəlre·fusal

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Wiktionary1.0 / 1 vote

  1. refusalnoun

    The act of refusing.

    Synonyms:
    repudiation, abnegation, declination

Princeton's WordNet

  1. refusalnoun

    the act of refusing

  2. refusalnoun

    a message refusing to accept something that is offered

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. refusalnoun

    Synonyms:
    denial

  2. refusalnoun

    Synonyms:
    option, choice of accepting or declining

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. refusalnoun

    Synonyms:
    dissent, denial, non-acceptance, negation, option, preëmption

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How to use refusal in a sentence?

  1. Isabelle Papadimitriou:

    Isabelle Papadimitriou undeserving death is due to the carelessness of the politicians who continue to hedge their bets on the lives of healthcare workers through a lack of leadership, through a refusal to acknowledge the severity of this crisis, and through an inability and unwillingness to give clear and decisive direction on how to minimize the risks of the coronavirus.

  2. Roger Severino:

    For decades Californians could choose whether or not they wanted abortion-free health insurance coverage until California took away that option, hHS is assessing the recent letter from the California Attorney General and all appropriate remedies in light of California's continued refusal to comply with federal law.

  3. United States:

    Mehmet Oz chose to serve in the Turkish army over the United States army, these are simple facts, not campaign attacks, and Mehmet Oz refusal to address these legitimate issues demonstrates why Pennsylvanians can't trust him.

  4. Devin Nunes:

    Providing a defensive briefing, like the one given to Senator Feinstein, is a typical response to these kinds of situations, the refusal to give the Trump campaign a defensive briefing, and instead opening a sprawling counter-intelligence investigation of American citizens, is one of many alarming ways that intelligence leaders drastically diverged from normal procedures in their Trump campaign investigation.

  5. Molly Levinson:

    The argument that women gave up a right to equal pay by accepting the best collective bargaining agreement possible in response to the Federation's refusal to put equal pay on the table is not a legitimate reason for continuing to discriminate against them, today, we are filing a motion to allow us to appeal immediately the district court's decision so that Ninth Circuit will be able to review these claims.


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