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1. Show unwillingness towards
   "he refused to join the group on a hike"
   - decline
    
2. Not accept
   "He refused my offer of hospitality"
   - reject, pass up, turn down, decline
    
3. Elude, especially in a baffling way
   "This behaviour refuses explanation"
   - defy, resist
    
4. Now allow (someone) to have
   "She refuses me every pleasure"
   - deny
    
5. Resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
   "His body refused the liver of the donor"
   - resist, reject
    
6. Deny entrance or membership
   "Black people were often refused by country clubs"
   - reject, turn down, turn away

1. Food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
   - garbage, food waste, scraps

Derived forms: refusing, refused, refuses

See also: refusal

Type of: elude, escape, hold on, keep, react, reply, respond, waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product

Antonym: accept

Encyclopedia: Refuse