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refus

Refus is a French noun meaning the act of refusing, denial, or rejection; the related verb is refuser. It denotes the act of declining a proposal, a request, or any expectation of acceptance, and is used in everyday language as well as in administrative and legal contexts. The noun is masculine: le refus, with the plural des refus.

In practical use, refus appears in phrases such as refus d'asile (asylum denial), refus d'obtempérer (refusal

A notable cultural usage is the phrase Refus global, a 1948 manifesto by the Quebec automatiste movement,

Etymology: Refus derives from the verb refuser; like many French words, it traces to Latin roots via

to
comply
with
police),
or
refus
de
visa.
In
legal
and
bureaucratic
language,
a
refusal
can
be
formalized
as
a
decision
or
ruling,
and
it
can
be
appealed
or
challenged.
In
legal
contexts,
it
may
be
described
as
a
formal
rejection
or
denial
of
an
application
or
request.
which
used
the
term
as
a
title
to
denote
a
broad
rejection
of
established
artistic
and
social
norms.
The
word
also
appears
in
literary
and
historical
contexts
as
a
motif
of
denial
or
non-acceptance.
Old
French.