Refusal
The act of refusing; denial of anything demanded, solicited, or offered for acceptance.
The right of taking in preference to others; the choice of taking or refusing; option; as, to give one the refusal of a farm; to have the refusal of an employment.
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Refusal Quotations
Elegance is refusal.
Coco Chanel
Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.
Soren Kierkegaard
The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all.
John Updike
A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
There are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however imperfect, against tyranny and aggression may result in consequences even worse than war.
Reinhold Niebuhr
Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
Fran Lebowitz
Perhaps the surest test of an individual's integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect.
Thomas S. Monson
Elegance is innate. It has nothing to do with being well dressed. Elegance is refusal.
Diana Vreeland
In view of the meaning given to this honor in the community to which I belong, I should abstain from the undeserved prize that has been awarded to me. Do not meet my voluntary refusal with ill will.
Boris Pasternak
A soft refusal is not always taken, but a rude one is immediately believed.
Alexander Chase
Refusal Translations
refusal in Afrikaans is weiering, bedanking
refusal in Dutch is weigering, afwijzing
refusal in French is refus, refus
refusal in German is Weigerung, Ablehnung {f}
refusal in Italian is rifiuto, rifiuto, rifiuto
refusal in Portuguese is recusa
refusal in Spanish is repulsa, negativa, repudio
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