refusal

Roget-categorie 764

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.7. Special intersocial volition
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#764. Refusal

zelfstandig naamwoord

refusal, rejection — noncompliance, incompliance^† — denial — declining etc. v. — declension — declinature^† — peremptory refusal, flat refusal, point blank refusal — repulse, rebuff — discountenance.
recusancy, abnegation, protest, disclaimer — dissent etc. 489 — revocation etc. 756.

werkwoord

refuse, reject, deny, decline, turn down — nill, negative — refuse one's assent, withhold one's assent — shake the head — close the hand, close the purse — grudge, begrudge, be slow to, hang fire — pass (at cards). be deaf to — dismiss, turn a deaf ear to, turn one's back upon — set one's face against, discountenance, not hear of, have nothing to do with, wash one's hands of, stand aloof, forswear, set aside, cast behind one — not yield an inch etc. (obstinacy) 606.
resist, cross — not grant etc. 762 — repel, repulse, shut the door in one's face, slam the door in one's face — rebuff — send back, send to the right about, send away with a flea in the ear — deny oneself, not be at home to — discard, spurn, etc. (repudiate) 610 — rescind etc. (revoke) 756 — disclaim, protest — dissent etc. 489.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

refusing etc. v. — restive, restiff^† — recusant — uncomplying, unconsenting — not willing to hear of, deaf to.
refused etc. v. — ungranted, out of the question, not to be thought of, impossible.

bijwoord

no etc. 536 — on no account, not for the world — no thank you, thanks but no thanks.

uitdrukking

non possumus [Lat.] — your humble servant [Iron.] — bien oblige [Fr.] — not on your life [U.S.] — no way — not even if you beg on your knees.

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