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Proposer's fear
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refusal
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Refusal is lack of agreement to perform a particular course of action. Refusal can also mean: A refusal can be indicated by the word no Refusal (horse) , a concept in equestrian activities occurs when a horse will not jump or cross over an obstacle. Refusal ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 15c., from refuse + -al (2).
Usage examples of refusal.
A tumultuous anarchy of five days was appeased by the inauguration of Ali: his refusal would have provoked a general massacre.
It was known that President Johnson was deeply offended by the indirect refusal of the House to pass any resolution in the remotest degree approving his course.
She meant to talk with Stilwell about Randy and Barth, his take on their refusal to provide backup, but she found herself unable to bring the subject up.
A point-blank excuseless refusal was, while possible, a senseless course.
They were deaf to disaffection, blind to the alternative ideas it gave rise to, blandly impervious to challenge, unconcerned by the dismay at their misconduct and the rising wrath at their misgovernment, fixed in refusal to change, almost stupidly stubborn in maintaining a corrupt existing system.
Specifically, the Court in the Senn Case gave its approval to the application of a Wisconsin statute which authorized the giving of publicity to labor disputes, declared peaceful picketing and patrolling lawful, and prohibited the granting of injunctions against such conduct to a controversy in which the matter at issue was the refusal of a tiling contractor employing nonunion workmen to sign a closed shop agreement unless a provision requiring him to abstain from working in his business as a tile layer or helper should be eliminated.
For the remainder of his life he was known for his bravery as a soldier, his refusal to discuss the war, his prescience about human events and his irreverence toward all those who seek authority and power over others.
The refusal of a great many of his characters, among them Jacques, Jakub, Tomas, Sabina or Rubens, to procreate, must be considered in the light of this paradox.
In some schools pupils who are diffident about reciting, or who do not care to take the trouble, shake their heads in refusal almost before they hear the question in full.
Whether this refusal results from absorption in other employment or from some superstitious belief, it is a violation of the will of our Maker, and the consequent suffering and dissolution are the retributive hell or reflex signals, painfully pointing out our duty.
Russian past, with its shameful heritage of serfdom, or their refusal to acknowledge the achievements of contemporary Russian literature.
Morgan from the chairmanship of TVA for refusal to produce evidence in substantiation of charges which he had levelled at his fellow directors.
Surely the man could not be so silly as to add my refusal last night to my refusal to go to Thirl and believe I was angry about something?
The mass refusal of the disciplinary regime, which took a variety of forms, was not only a negative expression but also a moment of creation, what Nietzsche calls a transvaluation of values.
His few unswayed refusals have led to awakening to himself hard in her mouth, in her hand, or between her legs.