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1. to decline to accept; reject

2.
a. to decline to do, give, or grant
b. to decline: with an infinitive object: to refuse to go

3.
a. to decline to accept or submit to (a command, etc.); decline to undergo
b. to decline to grant the request of (a person)

4. to stop short at (a fence, etc.), without jumping it: said of a horse

5. Obsolete to renounce

6. anything thrown away or rejected as worthless or useless; waste; trash; rubbish
I am an invisible man. No, I am not a spook like those who haunted Edgar Allen Poe; nor am I one of your Hollywood-movie ectoplasms. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fibre and liquids, and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. When they approach me they see only my surroundings, themselves, or figments of their imagination, indeed, everything and anything except me.

-Ellison, Ralph Waldo

Invisible Man, prologue.

The vital accessories to my work are my reference books, such as the complete Shakespeare and a prayer book, and a large refuse bin.

-Bainbridge, Dame Beryl Margaret

In The Guardian, 8 Aug.
Refuse by kenobi1985 December 28, 2010
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To decline an offer outright. Does not apply to offers of motorbike rides.
She was asked to come on a motorbike ride and couldn't refuse.
refuse by firnherder October 16, 2013
Equals " Fuck no" Equals "Hell to the naw, Mother Fucker" Equals "Eat shit and die"
If ask or perceived anything that takes you off your course then you may refuse by answering with any of the aforementioned suggestions.
REFUSE by Red sparkplug September 10, 2018

Refuse to trump

When you refuse to say president and T. R. U. M. P. In the same sentence.
My friends think I'm weird for doing it,but I refuse to Trump.

refuse to come back 

a person who has already reached a higher levels of existence and ironically called "refuse to come back " because he actually can't
damn we be chillin last nigh and since than josh refuse to come back

Refuse to pay 

If my situation proves one thing at all it's that they do not care about my life, THEREFORE... If they refuse to pay... MURDER THEM. Murder their kids. Murder their wives. They would sit their and let me do it to YOUR kids and they are probably betting on it right now. It am going to be the last person they ever steal from ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. And if anyone takes a security contract to protect the KILL THEM TOO. EVEN IF I'M DEAD. Even if they get me FIRST. Kill them. And then ask THE NEXT CEO if HE (or she) wants to pay. Make them pay the actual money and bury it with me.
Hym "If they refuse to pay, murder them. Murder them. Murder their families. They are perfectly fine with ME murdering YOUR family aren't they? Right? I said I would kill kids if they stole it and they stole it. So, murder them. Murder anyone who tries to defend them. And then ask the next CEO whether or not THEY want to pay. Murder their company out of existence from the top down, one CEO at a time."
Refuse to pay by Hym Iam June 29, 2025

Refuse illegal orders... Unless you don't feel like it

"YOU HAVE TO PROTECT US! It doesn't matter how many people we let die or pay to do a genocide! You have to protect US! Ignore the fact that we are doing a very public mind-rape surveillance thing to this guy that has been putting your kids lives at risk! If he tell you to being us to him you have to protect US!" ~ Every politician
Hym "Refuse illegal orders... Unless you don't feel like it. Like maybe your family members plane just randomly fell out of the sky and you want revenge... Then... Do whatever you want 🤷 ♂️ I mean I am not the boss of you."
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