refusal, n.All

Refusal is, when true, not that which says no but that which says yes such that it doing so is unnecessary.

A Refusal is a denial of something desired, such as the execution of a lawyer by his client

How did Betty get so drunk at the partyShe kept saying “wine not”

Refusal is wise — One "no" averts seventy evils.

Refusal is graded in a descending scale of finality thus: The refusal absolute, the refusal condition, the refusal tentative and the refusal feminine. The last is called by some casuist the refusal assertive.

I made my computer password 'Yes', because my wife apparently doesn't know that word.

Refusal is sometimes necessary. He who refuses nothing will soon have nothing to refuse.

A Refusal is sometimes the more polite course — a civil denial is better than a rude grant