In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
refusal
(noun) a message refusing to accept something that is offered
refusal
(noun) the act of refusing
Source: WordNet® 3.1
refusal (countable and uncountable, plural refusals)
The act of refusing.
(civil engineering) Depth or point at which well or borehole drilling cannot continue.
• (act of refusing): repudiation, abnegation, declination
• Laufers, earfuls, earsful, ferulas, fur seal, salufer
Source: Wiktionary
Re*fus"al (-al), n.
1. The act of refusing; denial of anything demanded, solicited, or offered for acceptance. Do they not seek occasion of new quarrels, On my refusal, to distress me more Milton.
2. The right of taking in preference to others; the choice of taking or refusing; option; as, to give one the refusal of a farm; to have the refusal of an employment.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 November 2024
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.