refusal

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: rĭfyo͞ozʹəl, IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈfjuːzl̩/
• Rhymes: -uːzəl

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Noun

refusal (countable and uncountable, 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／拒绝 (zh) (jùjué), 拒绝 (zh) (jùjué)

• Dutch: weigering (nl) f
• Esperanto: rifuzo
• Finnish: kieltäytyminen (fi), torjuminen (fi)
• French: refus (fr) m
• German: Ablehnung (de) f, Weigerung f, Verweigerung (de) f
• Hungarian: elutasítás (hu), visszautasítás (hu)
• Indonesian: penolakan (id)
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• Irish: éaradh m, eiteach m
• Italian: rifiuto (it) m
• Japanese: 拒絶 (ja) (きょぜつ, kyozetsu), 拒否 (ja) (きょひ, kyohi), 断わり (ことわり, kotowari)
• Portuguese: recusa (pt) f
• Russian: отка́з (ru) m (otkáz)
• Scottish Gaelic: diùltadh m
• Spanish: negativa (es) f, rechazo (es) m
• Swedish: vägran (sv) c
• Telugu: నిరాకరణ (te) (nirākaraṇa)

depth or point at which well or borehole drilling cannot continue

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Anagrams

• Laufers, earfuls, earsful, ferulas, fur seal, salufer