Antonyms for refuse

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : ri-fyooz

Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈfyuz

Definition of refuse

Origin : c.1300, from Old French refuser "reject, disregard, avoid" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *refusare, frequentative form from past participle stem of Latin refundere "pour back, give back" (see refund (v.)). Related: Refused; refusing.

noun garbage
verb deny; say no

Example sentences :

But the purest and best matrons of Greece refuse to be my guests.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

This request he intended to refuse, and enjoyed in advance the humiliation of young Rushton.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

"Then come and dine here," said Dick, unable to refuse a neighbour hospitality.
Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke

When the news had spread, others came to join him, and he could not refuse.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

If the refuse matter were taken from that, there would be nothing left.
Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 6, May 7, 1870 » by Various

Yet when I tell you that God did it you refuse the statement.
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

As for the boys, not one of them promised to attend; but neither did they refuse.
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

Here was an offer which the company in an English inn at that or any other date are slow to refuse.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Why resist, and refuse the glory of belonging to the faculty?
Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire

You laugh at my prescriptions, and refuse to take the remedy which I ordered.
Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire

Synonyms for refuse

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