0 to say that you will not do or accept something: --
1 unwanted waste material, especially material that is regularly thrown away from a house, factory, etc.: --
2 to say or show that you are not willing to do, accept, or allow something: --
3 worthless or unwanted objects or materials; garbage: --
We separate refuse from recyclables.
4 to say that you will not do or accept something: --
refuse to do sth Some big brand wines are refusing to accept supermarket price reductions.
refuse sb sth The company was forced to close when it was refused a new bank loan.
refuse an offer/request/invitation The government proposes to cut unemployment benefits to those who refuse job offers.
On the other hand, she refuses to stylize him in an idealizing fashion.
In other words, in refusing to attribute any role to crime, these studies are forced into the same zero-sum framework they attempt to challenge.
I refused, although there was enough of the medicament for her and for myself.
Written notes were made from those respondents who refused to have the interview tape-recorded.
However, no punitive measures can be taken against a laboratory that refuses to participate.
She has refused to be associated with it.
He refuses to give his experiences over to the historian and let him examine them according to the rules of scientific discourse.
While refusing the role of narrator, he does not accept that of cultural critic either.
