REFUSAL
[/rɪˈfjuːzəl/]
Definition
Denial of something desired;
as an elderly maiden's hand in marriage, to a rich and handsome suitor;
a valuable franchise to a rich corporation, by an alderman;
absolution to an impenitent king, by a priest, and so forth.
Refusals are graded in a descending scale of finality thus: the refusal absolute, the refusal conditional, the refusal tentative and the refusal feminine.
The last is called by some casuists the refusal assentive.
as an elderly maiden's hand in marriage, to a rich and handsome suitor;
a valuable franchise to a rich corporation, by an alderman;
absolution to an impenitent king, by a priest, and so forth.
Refusals are graded in a descending scale of finality thus: the refusal absolute, the refusal conditional, the refusal tentative and the refusal feminine.
The last is called by some casuists the refusal assentive.
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