refusal
/ɹɪˈfjuːzl̩/
refusal noun: the act of refusing.
Noun
refusal (countable and uncountable, plural refusals)
- The act of refusing.
- Your refusal to carry out your duties resulted in your sacking.
- Synonyms:
- abnegation, declination, repudiation, denial, turndown, disapproval, dissension, nonapproval, nonassent, nonconsent
- Depth or point at which well or borehole drilling cannot continue.
refusal meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
refusal in Hindi
- the act of refusing
- इनकार inkār
refusal in Tamil
- மறுத்தல், ர தட்டுதல்
refusal in Marathi
- refusal, denial, rejection
- नकार nakār
refusal in Urdu
- the act of refusing
- اِنْکار inkār
More languagesFewer languages
- refusal in Bengali
- প্রত্যাখ্যান, অস্বীকার
- refusal in Telugu
- నిరాకరణ nirākaraṇa
- refusal in Malayalam
- വിസമ്മതം visammataṁ
- refusal in Kannada
- ಇಂಕಾರು, ಇನ್ಕಾರು
- refusal in Punjabi
- ਨਾਂਹ nā̃h
- refusal in Arabic
- إِنْكَار ʔinkār, رَفْض rafḍ, إِبَاء ʔibāʔ
- refusal in Indonesian
- penolakan
Examples of refusal in a sentence
- Any refusal to salute the president shall be counted as an effrontery.
- The League was hampered by the U.S.'s refusal to join and its member states' unwillingness to impose sanctions on foreign countries.
- Inquiries have typically been met with silence, deflection, or abrupt refusal to engage.
Synonyms of refusal
- abnegation
- declination
- repudiation
- denial
- turndown
- disapproval
- dissension
- nonapproval
- nonassent
- nonconsent
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Forms of refusal
| plural | refusals |
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Origin of refusal
Inherited from Middle English refusell. By surface analysis, refuse + -al.
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Phrases with refusal
Words that rhyme with refusal
Questions about refusal
- What does refusal mean?
- Refusal means the act of refusing.
- What is refusal in Hindi?
- Refusal in Hindi is इनकार (inkār). See Refusal meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is refusal?
- Refusal is a noun.
- How do you pronounce refusal?
- Refusal is pronounced /ɹɪˈfjuːzl̩/.
- What is the plural of refusal?
- The plural of refusal is refusals.
Words near refusal in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: refusal (page history and authors); refusal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); नकार (Marathi) (page history and authors); Refusal (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); വിസമ്മതം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); refusal (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਨਾਂਹ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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