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Definitions for Refuse

[1] to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
[2] to decline to give; deny (a request, demand, etc.): to refuse permission.
[3] to express a determination not to (do something): to refuse to discuss the question.
[4] to decline to submit to.
[5] (of a horse) to decline to leap over (a barrier).
[6] to decline to accept (a suitor) in marriage.
[7] Military . to bend or curve back (the flank units of a military force) so that they face generally to the flank rather than the front.
[8] Obsolete . to renounce.
[9] to decline acceptance, consent, or compliance.
[10] something that is discarded as worthless or useless; rubbish; trash; garbage.
[11] rejected as worthless; discarded: refuse matter.
[12] (tr) to decline to accept (something offered) to refuse a present ; to refuse promotion
[13] to decline to give or grant (something) to (a person, organization, etc)
[14] (when tr, takes an infinitive) to express determination not (to do something); decline he refuses to talk about it
[15] (of a horse) to be unwilling to take (a jump), as by swerving or stopping
[16] (tr) (of a woman) to declare one's unwillingness to accept (a suitor) as a husband
[17] anything thrown away; waste; rubbish (as modifier ) a refuse collection

Words related to Refuse

debris, waste, trash, rubbish, decline, withhold, ignore, protest, withdraw, reject, rebuff, residue, dregs, junk, leavings, slop, dump, swill, remains, litter

Words nearby Refuse

refund, refund annuity, refurb, refurbish, refusal, refuse, refusenik, refusion, refutation, refutative, refute

Origin of Refuse

21325–75; Middle English < Middle French; Old French refus denial, rejection, derivative of refuser to refuse1

Other words from Refuse

re·fus·a·ble , adjective
re·fus·er , noun
qua·si-re·fused , adjective
un·re·fus·a·ble , adjective
un·re·fused , adjective
un·re·fus·ing , adjective

Word origin for Refuse

C15: from Old French refuser to refuse 1

Synonyms for Refuse

debris, rubbish, trash, waste, dregs, dross, dump, dunghill, dust, hogwash, junk, leavings, litter, muck, offal, remains, residue, scraps, scum, sediment, slop, sweepings, swill, rejectamenta, waste matter