to show or express unwillingness to accept or do (something)
to express oneself as unwilling to accept (something)
to show or express unwillingness (to do something)
to be unwilling to allow or grant (something)
to be unwilling to allow or grant something to (somebody)
We can hardly refuse them
said of a horse: to decline to jump over (e.g. a fence)
to withhold acceptance, compliance, or permission
of a horse: to decline to jump over (e.g. a fence)
said of a horse: to decline to jump a fence, wall, etc
refuser noun
[Middle English refusen via French refuser from Latin refusus, past part. of refundere: see refund1]