verb

1. To decline (a request or demand).

   “My request for a pay rise was refused.”

2. To decline a request or demand, forbear; to withhold permission.

   “I asked the star if I could have her autograph, but she refused.”

3. To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the centre, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular alignment when troops are about to engage the enemy.

   “to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks”

Synonyms: decline, nill, reject, say no to, turn down, veto, withsake, withsay

verb

1. To melt again.