1. Show unwillingness towards
   - decline 
2. Refuse to accept
   "He refused my offer of hospitality"
   - reject, pass up, turn down, decline 
3. Elude, especially in a baffling way
   - defy, resist 
4. Refuse to let have
   - deny 
5. Resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
   - resist, reject 
6. Refuse entrance or membership
   - reject, turn down, turn away

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

Derived forms: refused, refusing, refuses

See also: refusal

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

Antonym: accept

Encyclopedia: Refuse

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