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  1. REFUSE definition: 1. to say that you will not do or accept something: 2. unwanted waste material, especially…. Learn more.

  2. The meaning of REFUSE is to express oneself as unwilling to accept. How to use refuse in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Refuse.

  3. To refuse is to decline, deny, reject, or resist. If a stranger offers you candy, you should politely refuse.

  4. Refuse consists of the rubbish and unwanted things in a house, shop, or factory that are regularly thrown away. The authorities made a weekly collection of refuse.

  5. 1. a. To indicate unwillingness to do, accept, give, or allow: She was refused admittance. He refused treatment. b. To indicate unwillingness (to do something): refused to leave. 2. To decline to jump (an obstacle). Used of a horse. v.intr. To decline to do, accept, give, or allow something.

  6. Refuse definition: to decline to accept (something offered). See examples of REFUSE used in a sentence.

  7. [transitive] (of a thing) to fail to do what you want or expect it to do. The car refused to start. The problem simply refuses to go away.

  8. To decline to accept, agree to, or do something. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To decline to jump (an obstacle). Used of a horse. American Heritage. More Verb Definitions (6) Synonyms: decline. turn down. pass-up. reject. resist. defy. turn-away.

  9. refuse noun adjective. Meaning & use. 1. 2. noun. 1.a. c1390–. Anything that is rejected, discarded, or thrown away; rubbish, waste, residue; (now esp.) household waste. Formerly also as a count noun. Also figurative and in figurative contexts. In early use also spec.: wool (or silk) of the poorest quality (see quots. 1443–5, 1455–6 ). c1390.

  10. to say that you will not do or accept something: I asked him to leave but he refused. [ + to do sth ] Cathy refuses to admit that she was wrong. Fewer examples. I refuse to compromise my principles. If you refuse to obey the law, you'll be arrested. The Pentagon refused to comment on potential military targets. The woman refused to give her name.