Masculine

refus

Sentences
An user
Elle
👩
,  ne
🚫
  comprenait   toujours   pas   les   refus   de   son
🔉
  amie .

She still did not understand her friend's refusals.

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An user
Le   les   citoyens   ont   informé   les   autorités   de   leur   refus   de   payer
💸
  la   dîme .

The citizens informed the authorities of their refusal to pay the tithe.

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Meaning

refusal, act of refusing

Concepts

refusal
rejection
denial
negation
refuse
repudiation
loser

non-acceptance

nonstarter
rebuff
repulse
scraps
veto

food waste

unsuccessful person

nay-saying
disallowance
disapproval
disavowal
failure
garbage
🗑️
Synonyms

rejet
C2
déni
C2
démenti
24k
refuser
B2
négation
40k
ordure
B2
🗑️
veto
21k
désaveu
perdant
C1
récusation
dénégation
véto
C2
désapprobation
43k
manque
A2
manquement
30k
Translations

rechazo
rifiuto
Ablehnung
rebuig
Verweigerung
weigering
Absage
negação

Weigerung

Zurückweisung

Abweisung

denegació

ricusa
Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʁə.fy/
Etymology

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