"Refusing" Natural Recordings by Native Speakers
Refusal or state of refusing:
Declining or not wanting something offered or requested
Showing unwillingness or opposition to something
Example sentences:
I refused the offer of more dessert.
She refused to talk to him after the argument.
The word "refusal" refers to the act of saying "no" or declining something, an expression of unwillingness or dissent, or a refusal to do something that was asked or offered. It can also refer to the thing being refused.
Refuseniks (plural, but also referred to in the singular as Refusenik) were Jews who, living in the Soviet Union, were denied permission to emigrate.