refusal

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Noun

refusal (plural refusals)

1. The act of refusing.
2. (civil engineering) Depth or point at which well or borehole drilling cannot continue.

Synonyms

• (act of refusing): repudiation, abnegation, declination

Derived terms

• right of first refusal

Related terms

• refuse

Translations

the act of refusing

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拒絕 (cmn), 拒绝 (cmn) (jùjué)

• Dutch: weigering (nl) f
• Esperanto: rifuzo (eo)
• Finnish: kieltäytyminen (fi), torjuminen (fi)
• French: refus (fr) m
• German: Ablehnung (de) f, Weigerung (de) f, Verweigerung (de) f

• Italian: rifiuto (it) m
• Japanese: 拒絶 (ja) (きょぜつ, kyozetsu), 拒否 (ja) (きょひ, kyohi), 断わり (ja) (ことわり, kotowari)
• Russian: отказ (ru) (otkáz) m
• Scottish Gaelic: diùltadh (gd) m
• Telugu: నిరాకరణ (te) (niraakaraNa)

depth or point at which well or borehole drilling cannot continue

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