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nonrefusal

nonrefusal noun: absence of refusal.

Noun

nonrefusal (usually uncountable, plural nonrefusals)

  1. (usually) Absence of refusal.
    • Here the silent, the inexpressible, is not simply death, but even its inherence in life, or life's nonrefusal of both death and living, language's nonrefusal of silence with sound.2001, Karmen MacKendrick, Immemorial silence
    • This study has three purposes: The first is to compare the frequency of item missing values for converted and nonrefusal cases.2002, Robert M Groves, Survey nonresponse

Forms of nonrefusal

pluralnonrefusals

Origin of nonrefusal

From non- + refusal.

Questions about nonrefusal

What does nonrefusal mean?
Nonrefusal means absence of refusal.
What part of speech is nonrefusal?
Nonrefusal is a noun.
What is the plural of nonrefusal?
The plural of nonrefusal is nonrefusals.

Words near nonrefusal in the dictionary

  1. nonrefueling
  2. nonrefugee
  3. nonrefugees
  4. nonrefundable
  5. nonrefunded
  6. nonrefusal
  7. nonrefusals
  8. nonrefutable
  9. nonrefutation
  10. nonrefutations
  11. nonrefuted

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