Legal Definition and Related Resources of Refuse

To deny, decline, fail to do something, omit, neglect . To reject, as to refuse an offer ; sometimes equivalent to fail. A motion is said to be refused when the court declines to grant the relief asked for in the motion. As a noun, the term signifies waste materials; that which is rejected; rubbish.

verb

• abjure
• abnegate
• abstain
• balk
• bar
• be obstinate
• be unwilling
• beg to be excused
• cast aside
• debar
• decline
• demur
• deny
• disaccord with
• disallow
• disapprove
• disavow
• disclaim
• discountenance
• discredit
• dismiss
• disown
• dispense with
• dissent
• exclude
• forswear
• grudge
• hesitate
• holdback
• negative
• object to
• oppose
• pass up
• prohibit
• protest
• rebuff
• recoil
• regret
• reject
• renege
• renounce
• repel
• repudiate
• resist
• revoke
• scruple
• send regrets
• shirk
• shun
• shy at
• spurn
• stick at
• stickle
• traverse
• turn down
• turn from
• veto
• withdraw
• withhold consent

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English Spanish Translation of Refuse

To refuse to give (or to grant) one’s consent: Rehusar dar el consentimiento

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