refusal
Other forms: refusals
A refusal is when you absolutely won't do something. A little kid's refusal to eat his broccoli might result in his mother's refusal to take him out for ice cream after dinner.
When something is refused, or a person refuses to do something, it's a refusal. There's a stubborn quality to the word refusal, like a defiant child who won't be swayed. There is a legal term called the "right of first refusal," which gives a person an opportunity to buy or do something first, before anyone else has a chance, or to refuse the opportunity. The Latin root word is refundere, "pour back or give back."
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the act of refusingtypes:repudiationrefusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract (especially by public authorities)prohibitionrefusal to approve or assent tointerdictionauthoritative prohibitiontype of:denialthe act of refusing to comply (as with a request)
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a message refusing to accept something that is offered
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Vocabulary lists containing refusal
As you read R.V. Cassill's "The First Day of School," learn this word list. Here are links to lists for texts in Grade 6's Collection 5: texts about Colin Powell, The First Day of School, Paul Revere's Ride, On Doomed Flight
In this sequel to The Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta are forced to participate in the Quarter Quell, while unrest in the districts of Panem threatens the Capitol. Learn these words from Suzanne Collins' popular trilogy.
"Woman with Kite" by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni describes a moment when a mother forgets about her children, while "Grape Sherbet" by Rita Dove describes a father's creation that a child does not want to forget. Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 10 Unit 2's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: Where I'm From, Funny in Farsi, Kaffir Boy, Pick One, If You Are What You Eat, Persepolis, poems about parents, Hunger of Memory, Thanksgiving: A Personal History, Time to Assert American Values, Rough Justice, On Civil Disobedience, On Surrender at Bear Paw Mountain, On Women's Right to Vote, Declaration of the Rights of the Child, School's Out for Summer, One Word of Truth, Hope, Despair, and Memory