REFUSE

• (noun) food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

  synonyms : food waste , garbage , scraps

  "They collect househould refuse every week" -added by sradha_inlas

• (verb) show unwillingness towards

  "he declined to join the group on a hike"

  synonyms : decline

  "He refused to discuss the question" -added by sradha_inlas

• (verb) refuse to let have

  "She denies me every pleasure", "he denies her her weekly allowance"

  synonyms : deny

  "They refused him a passport" -added by sradha_inlas

• (verb) refuse to accept

  "He refused my offer of hospitality"

  synonyms : decline , pass up , reject , turn down

• (verb) refuse entrance or membership

  "They turned away hundreds of fans", "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"

  synonyms : reject , turn away , turn down

• (verb) elude, especially in a baffling way

  "This behavior defies explanation"

  synonyms : defy , resist

• (verb) resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ

  "His body rejected the liver of the donor"

  synonyms : reject , resist

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