Definition of "refuse" []

• To indicate unwillingness to do, accept, give, or allow: She was refused admittance. He refused treatment. (verb-transitive)
• To indicate unwillingness (to do something): refused to leave. (verb-transitive)
• To decline to jump (an obstacle). Used of a horse. (verb-transitive)
• To decline to do, accept, give, or allow something. (verb-intransitive)
• Items or material discarded or rejected as useless or worthless; trash or rubbish. (noun)

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