0 past simple and past participle of refuse --
1 to say that you will not do or accept something: --
Many wives refused to allow their husbands to be interviewed after learning of the nature of the survey.
The book was never actually published since the control authority refused permission.
When their requests were refused, as they frequently were, these networks appealed the decisions through the court system.
A total of 38 persons (1 %) refused to participate in the survey.
The sample of 190 caregivers constituted 97 % of eligible caregivers (six refused to participate).
But there is considerable crossnational variation in the extent to which claimants' unemployment benefits are reduced or refused for reasons of 'administrative infractions', beyond that.
Four hundred and eighty patients refused interviews by themselves, while key workers refused on behalf of 194 others.
This forced artists who refused to act as political propagandists to hold unofficial artistic discourses in secret.
