refuse
verb
[ rɪˈfjuːz ]
• indicate or show that one is not willing to do something.
• "I refused to answer"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French refuser, probably an alteration of Latin recusare ‘to refuse’, influenced by refutare ‘refute’.
refuse
noun
• matter thrown away or rejected as worthless; rubbish.
• "heaps of refuse"
Similar:
waste,
debris,
litter,
garbage,
discarded matter,
detritus,
dross,
landfill,
scrap,
rubble,
slag,
spoilage,
sullage,
sewage,
slop,
dregs,
lees,
leavings,
leftovers,
sweepings,
rubbish,
trash,
mullock,
dreck,
junk,
gash,
debitage,
draff,
raffle,
raff,
Origin:
late Middle English: perhaps from Old French refusé ‘refused’, past participle of refuser (see refuse1).
