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refuse

/ˈɹɛfjuːs/ noun B1
  1. Collectively, items or material that have been discarded; rubbish, garbage. (uncountable)
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No, for I think he never liked me since the day when I was silly enough, after a little quarrel we had, to propose to him to stop for ten minutes at the island of Monte Cristo to settle the dispute—a proposition which I was wrong to suggest, and he quite right to refuse.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 10 · C1
“Ah, yes,” continued Caderousse, “and capital offers, too; but you know, you will be captain, and who could refuse you then?”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 18 · C1
“Then you were wrong to refuse to dine with him.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 17 · C1
“What, did you refuse to dine with him?” said old Dantès; “and did he invite you to dine?”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 17 · C1

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