Re*fus"al (-al), n.
1. The act of refusing; denial of anything
demanded, solicited, or offered for acceptance.
Do they not seek occasion of new quarrels,
On my refusal, to distress me more?
Milton.
2. The right of taking in preference to
others; the choice of taking or refusing; option; as, to give one the
refusal of a farm; to have the refusal of an
employment.