refusal

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English refusell. By surface analysis, refuse + -al.

Pronunciation

• enPR: rĭfyo͞ozʹəl, IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈfjuːzl̩/
• Rhymes: -uːzəl

• Audio (US):

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Noun

refusal (countable and uncountable, plural refusals)

1. The act of refusing.

   Synonyms: abnegation, declination, repudiation; see also Thesaurus:disapproval

   Your refusal to carry out your duties resulted in your sacking.

2. (civil engineering) Depth or point at which well or borehole drilling cannot continue.

Derived terms

• nonrefusal
• pervasive refusal syndrome
• right of first refusal
• school refusal

Related terms

• refuse

Translations

the act of refusing

Albanian: refuzim (sq) m Arabic: إِنْكَار m (ʔinkār), رَفْض m (rafḍ), إِبَاء m (ʔibāʔ) Azerbaijani: imtina (az) Belarusian: адмо́ва f (admóva) Bulgarian: о́тказ (bg) m (ótkaz) Catalan: rebuig (ca) m, refús (ca) m Chinese: Cantonese: 拒絕 / 拒绝 (keoi5 zyut6) Mandarin: 拒絕 / 拒绝 (zh) (jùjué) Czech: odmítnutí (cs) n Danish: afslag n Dutch: weigering (nl) f, afwijzing (nl) f Esperanto: rifuzo Estonian: keeldumine (et) Finnish: kieltäytyminen (fi), torjuminen (fi) French: refus (fr) m German: Ablehnung (de) f, Weigerung (de) f, Verweigerung (de) f, Absage (de) f Hindi: इनकार (hi) m (inkār) Hungarian: elutasítás (hu), visszautasítás (hu) Indonesian: penolakan (id) Irish: éaradh m, eiteach m Italian: rifiuto (it) m Japanese: 拒絶 (ja) (きょぜつ, kyozetsu), 拒否 (ja) (きょひ, kyohi), 断り (ja) (ことわり, kotowari) Korean: 거절(拒絶) (ko) (geojeol), 거부(拒否) (ko) (geobu) Latin: negātiō f Latvian: noraidīšana f, atteikums m, noraidījums m Lithuanian: atsisakymas m Macedonian: одбивање n (odbivanje) Māori: whakakorenga Norwegian: Bokmål: avslag (no) n Persian: Iranian Persian: اِنْکار (enkâr), اِمْتِناع (emtenâ') Polish: odmowa (pl) f Portuguese: recusa (pt) f, negativa (pt) f Romanian: refuz (ro) n Russian: отка́з (ru) m (otkáz) Scottish Gaelic: diùltadh m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: одби́ја̄ње n Latin: odbíjānje (sh) n Slovak: odmietnutie n Slovene: zavrnitev f, odklonitev f Spanish: negativa (es) f, rechazo (es) m Swedish: vägran (sv) c, avslag (sv) n Tajik: инкор (inkor) Telugu: నిరాకరణ (te) (nirākaraṇa) Ukrainian: відмо́ва (uk) f (vidmóva) Urdu: اِنْکار m (inkār)

depth or point at which well or borehole drilling cannot continue

Anagrams

• Laufers, earfuls, earsful, ferulas, fur seal, salufer