Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for RE-FU'SAL
RE-FU'SAL, n. [s as z.]
- The act of refusing; denial of any thing demanded, solicited or offered for acceptance. The first refusal is not always proof that the request will not be ultimately granted.
- The right of taking in preference to others; the choice of taking or refusing; option; pre-emption. We say, a man has the refusal of a farm or a horse, or the refusal of an employment.
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