verb🔗ShareTo decline (a request or demand)."My request for a pay rise was refused."actiondemandattitudeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo decline a request or demand, forbear; to withhold permission."I asked the star if I could have her autograph, but she refused."actionattitudedemandChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo throw back, or cause to keep back (as the centre, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular alignment when troops are about to engage the enemy."to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks"militarywaractionpositionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo disown."After his son committed a serious crime, the father publicly refused him, stating he could no longer support his actions. "familyactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo melt again."The candle wax refused after I accidentally put it too close to the heater. "physicsmaterialsubstanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading