Hypertext Webster Gateway: "refusal"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Refusal \Re*fus"al\ (-al), n.
1. The act of refusing; denial of anything demanded,
solicited, or offered for acceptance.
Do they not seek occasion of new quarrels, On my
refusal, to distress me more? --Milton.
2. 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
refusal
n 1: the act of refusing
2: the polite declining of an invitation [syn: {regrets}, {declination}]
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