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refuse
Found in thesaurus: waste, waste matter, waste material, waste product, react, respond, elude, escape, hold on, keep
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refuse
v.
decline, deny, reject
n.
garbage, trash, waste
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WASTE
WASTE was a peer-to-peer and friend-to-friend protocol and software application developed by Justin Frankel at Nullsoft in 2003 that features instant messaging, chat rooms, and file browsing/sharing capabilities. The name WASTE is a reference to Thomas Pynchon's novel The Crying of Lot 49. In the novel, W.A.S.T.E. is (among other things) an underground postal service.
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Waste
Waste and wastes are unwanted or unusable materials. Waste is any substance which is discarded after primary use, or it is worthless, defective and of no use.
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refuse
Noun
1. food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
(synonym) garbage, food waste, scraps
(hypernym) waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product
Verb
1. show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on a hike"
(synonym) decline
(antonym) accept, consent, go for
(hypernym) react, respond
(hyponym) reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down
2. refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality"
(synonym) reject, pass up, turn down, decline
(antonym) accept, take, have
(hyponym) dishonor, dishonour
(verb-group) reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down
(derivation) refusal
3. elude, especially in a baffling way; "This behavior defies explanation"
(synonym) defy, resist
(hypernym) elude, escape
(hyponym) beggar
4. refuse to let have; "She denies me every pleasure"; "he denies her her weekly allowance"
(synonym) deny
(hypernym) keep, hold on
(hyponym) withhold, keep back
(verb-group) deny, abnegate
(derivation) refusal
5. resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor"
(synonym) resist, reject
(hypernym) react, respond
6. refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"
(synonym) reject, turn down, turn away
(verb-group) reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down
(derivation) refusal
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refuser
v.
refuse, decline, deny; reject, disallow, bounce; turn down, repudiate
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refuse
v.
odmítnout; zamítnout
n.
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