Refuse

·noun Refusal.

II. Refuse ·vt To Disown.

III. Refuse ·vi To deny compliance; not to comply.

IV. Refuse ·noun That which is refused or rejected as useless; waste or worthless matter.

V. Refuse ·adj Refused; rejected; hence; left as unworthy of acceptance; of no value; worthless.

VI. Refuse ·vt To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant.

VII. Refuse ·vt To decline to accept; to Reject; to deny the request or petition of; as, to refuse a suitor.

VIII. Refuse ·vt To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the center, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular aligment when troops ar/ about to engage the enemy; as, to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks.