To deny, as a request, demand, or invitation; decline to do or grant: as, to refuse admittance; she refused herself to callers.To decline to accept; reject: as, to refuse an office; to refuse an offer.To disown; disavow; forsake.Milit., to hold (troops) back, or move (them) back from the regular alinement, when about to engage the enemy in battle. In the oblique order of battle, if either flank attack, the other flank is refused.Fail to receive; resist; repel.Synonyms and Decline, Refuse, Reject, Repel, and Rebuff are in the order of strength.To decline to accept or consent; fail to comply.n. A refusal.n. That which is refused or rejected; waste or useless matter; the worst or meanest part; rubbish.n. Synonyms Dregs, scum, dross, trash, rubbish.Refused; rejected; hence, worthless; of no value: as, the refuse parts of stone or timber.To fuse or melt again.In chess, same as decline, 10.