Nonrefusal

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Absence of refusal. uncountable, usually

    "Here the silent, the inexpressible, is not simply death, but even its inherence in life, or life's nonrefusal of both death and living, language's nonrefusal of silence with sound."

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"Here the silent, the inexpressible, is not simply death, but even its inherence in life, or life's nonrefusal of both death and living, language's nonrefusal of silence with sound."

Etymology

From non- + refusal.

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