HOW TO PRONOUNCE
refusal
/ɹəfˈjuzəl/
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What does refusal mean?
noun
- The act of refusing.
- Depth or point at which well or borehole drilling cannot continue.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɹəfˈjuzəl/
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The ground for his refusal was a failure on my part, one Saturday night, to pay him for my week’s time.
Edna and her father had a warm, and almost violent dispute upon the subject of her refusal to attend her sister’s wedding.
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Yet we know that the Revolution resulted in part from the refusal of the clergy and the nobles to renounce their privileges.
Of so little weight are the greatest services to princes, when put into the balance with a refusal to gratify their passions.
Rostóv had not seen him since his proposal and Sónya’s refusal and felt uncomfortable at the thought of how they would meet.