refuse (redirected from refuses)

refuse verb abjure, abnegate, abstain, balk, bar, be obbtinate, be unwilling, beg to be excused, cast aside, debar, decline, demur, deny, disaccord with, disallow, disapprove, disavow, disclaim, discountenance, discredit, dismiss, dispense with, dissent, exclude, forswear, grudge, hesitate, hold back, negative, object to, oppose, pass up, prohibit, protest, rebuff, recoil, regret, reject, renege, repel, repudiate, resist, revoke, scruple, send reerets, shirk, shun, shy at, spurn, stick at, stickle, traverse, turn down, turn from, veto, withdraw, withhold consent

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See also: abrogate, annul, ban, bar, censor, condemn, constrain, debar, decline, disaffirm, disallow, disapprove, disavow, dismiss, disobey, disoblige, dissent, exclude, forbid, forgo, forswear, hold out, prohibit, proscribe, protest, rebuff, refrain, reject, renounce, resist, restrain, shirk, spurn, waive, withhold