Act of repudiation, abnegation, or declination.
1 The rudeness of refusing a request that is improper to grant is a very venial offence.
2 There is no precedent for the queen refusing a request by her prime minister under these circumstances, Rees-Mogg told the BBC.
3 But that conscience was a very easy one, being almost as incapable of seeing a joke as of refusing a request .
4 Israel has refused to disclose details of the case, refusing a request for information from Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
5 Refusing a request from someone senior is not easy, but always being the yes-person brings you perilously close to becoming the office doormat.
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This collocation consists of: Translations for refusing a request