• As soon as we had the possibility of granting, postponing or refusing to grant discharge, we were faced with two risks.
  • On the railroad's motion for a new trial, the trial court reduced the amount of the judgment by $3,000 but refused to set aside the verdict.
  • This quality is useful for children who often refuse food and require sweets. ... Artificial babies refuse not only from mixtures, but also from ordinary water.
  • Õ I could see that he was expecting me to refuse, and it was that which made me overcome my reluctance.
  • The meaning of REFUSE is to express oneself as unwilling to accept.
  • Refuse consists of the rubbish and all the things that are not wanted in a house, shop, or factory, and that are regularly thrown away; used mainly in official language.
  • He asked her to marry him but she refused. Fiil vermemek. to refuse permission: izin vermemek.
  • Synonyms: refuse1, decline, reject, spurn, rebuff These verbs mean to be unwilling to accept, consider, or receive someone or something.
  • Borrowed into late Middle English from Middle French refusé, past participle of refuser (“to refuse”). Displaced native Middle English wernen (“to refuse”).
  • : something (such as paper or food waste) that has been thrown away : trash or garbage. a pile of refuse [=rubbish].