English-Thai Dictionary

refusal

N คำปฏิเสธ  การ ปฏิเสธ  denial rejection kam-pa-ti-sed

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REFUSAL

n.s as z. 1. The act of refusing; denial of any thing demanded, solicited or offered for acceptance. The first refusal is not always proof that the request will not be ultimately granted.
2. The right of taking in preference to others; the choice of taking or refusing; option; pre-emption. We say, a man has the refusal of a farm or a horse, or the refusal of an employment.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

REFUSAL

REFUSAL Re *fus "al (-al ), n.

 

1. The act of refusing; denial of anything demanded, solicited, or offered for acceptance. Do they not seek occasion of new quarrels, On my refusal, to distress me more Milton.

 

2. 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

refusal

re fus al |riˈfyo͞ozəl rəˈfjuzəl | ▶noun [ usu. with infinitive ] an act or an instance of refusing; the state of being refused. • see first refusal.

 

Oxford Dictionary

refusal

re |fusal |rɪˈfjuːz (ə )l | ▶noun [ usu. with infinitive ] an act of refusing to do something: he became tired of his friend's refusal to see him. • an expression of unwillingness to accept or grant an offer or request: an appeal against the refusal of a licence. • an instance of a horse stopping short or running aside at a jump.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

refusal

refusal noun 1 we had one refusal to our invitation: nonacceptance, no, dissent, demurral, negation, turndown; regrets. 2 you can have first refusal: option, choice, opportunity to purchase. 3 the refusal of a zoning variance: withholding, denial, turndown.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

refusal

refusal noun 1 we have had only one refusal to our invitation: non-acceptance, no, dissent, demurral, negation, rebuff, turndown; regrets; informal knock-back, brush-off; rare declinature. ANTONYMS acceptance. 2 you can have first refusal: option, choice, consideration, opportunity to purchase. 3 the Council's refusal of planning permission: withholding, failure to grant, denial, veto, turndown; informal the thumbs down. ANTONYMS granting.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

refusal

re fus al /rɪfjúːz (ə )l /→refuse 1 名詞 複 ～s /-z /1 U «…することの /…の » 拒絶 , 拒否 , 断り , 辞退 «to do /of » (!具体例ではa ～; その際しばしば修飾語を伴う ) ▸ a stubborn refusal to accept the truth 真実を認めることの断固たる拒絶 .2 U 〖(the ) first ～〗【不動産 物品の 】優先 (取捨 )選択権 «on » 〘決まるまでは他人は買えない 〙.