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refusenik
  1. (Soviet Union, slang, historical) One of the Jewish citizens of the former Soviet Union who were refused permission to emigrate.
  2. (colloquial) A person characterized by a particular refusal (especially one related to human rights).
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The refusenik bravely stood their ground and defied the oppressive regime's demands for submission.”
      “He himself had made aliyah from Russia, after years as a refusenik and three and a half years doing hard labor in the Gulag.”
      “You do not have to be a UKIP refusenik to recognise that these tensions are becoming intolerable.”
refusal
  1. The act of refusing.
  2. (civil engineering) Depth or point at which well or borehole drilling cannot continue.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “As I was trying unsuccessfully to persuade her to join forces with us, and she was apologetically pleading the weight of her years and the pressure of other commitments to excuse her refusal of our invitation.”
      “If this court refuses permission to appeal against a refusal of permission to apply for judicial review there is no further right of appeal.”
      “However, because of their hard-hearted refusal of the truth, there is nothing else to believe except in something that is not true.”
refuse
  1. Collectively, items or material that have been discarded; rubbish, garbage.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Our movement was made difficult by a large amount of refuse strewn about the floor.”
refusnik
  1. Alternative spelling of refusenik
  2. Examples:
    1. “Its surrounding boho streets and markets were eclectic enough to keep even a shopping refusnik like me happy.”
      “The other, and in some ways, more interesting, refusnik this week is Elvis Costello.”
      “Of course, I come from the position of a life-long tattoo refusnik.”
refusant
  1. One who refuses something.
refuser
  1. One who refuses.
  2. Examples:
    1. “She doesn't want to marry him either, so she has him play the role of the refuser.”
      “This is as long as he is impenitent, an unbeliever and refuser.”
      “Elle est libre de faire, de dire, de penser, de croire, de travailler, de voyager, de refuser.”
refuse
refuseniks
  1. plural of refusenik
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The Register knows and, we hope, most Register readers know plenty of potential refuseniks, but you don't give them the opportunity to refuse.”
      “In one sense, Schaller correctly assesses the New Paradigm refuseniks as mourners for the lost order.”
      “He and his wife have an interest in helping Russian-Jewish immigrants, especially refuseniks.”
refusants
  1. plural of refusant
refusniks
  1. plural of refusnik
refusals
  1. plural of refusal
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Opponents of such living wills could condemn these documents as suicidally motivated refusals of medical treatment.”
      “The other tack taken is that what appear to us to be unanswered prayers actually are instances of God's refusals for our own good.”
      “The announcement follows recent refusals by two judges to take early retirement despite pressure from the government.”
refusers
  1. plural of refuser
  2. Examples:
    1. “But, as the obstinate refusers show, it is possible to opt out of particular activities because others will happily take them on.”
      “This means reverting to studies using treatment refusers or comparing pharmacological treatments and nonpharmacological treatments as a way of dealing with this dilemma.”
      “Now frustrated physicians have begun telling vaccine refusers to take a hike.”
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