refusal

He was pinned to the cement for his refusal to go along with an arrest for selling loose cigarettes.

But the fun of reading Lennon is in his outright refusal to conform to expectations.

The alliance between America and rebel forces has been strained by the U.S. refusal to directly attack the Assad regime.

Their refusal leads the officer to shoot one of the boys to death.

The refusal to compromise is a watchword of their candidates who wear it as a badge of pride.

Ripperda accompanied this unexpected refusal, with a laboured epistle to his imperial friend.

He called upon the Order to show their title-deeds, but was met with a contemptuous refusal.

Insurrectionary movements at Rome in consequence of the pope's refusal to declare war against Austria.

Such a refusal would lead to quick enquiry—enquiry to information—information to want of confidence and speedy ruin.

Edna and her father had a warm, and almost violent dispute upon the subject of her refusal to attend her sister's wedding.