Refused

//ɹɪˈfjuːzd// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1
simple past and past participle of refuse form-of, participle, past

Synonyms

denied despised disapproved discarded dismissed disowned

Example

"Joan of Arc refused to renounce her belief that the voice she heard was from God and none other."

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