Refusal (-al), n. 1. The act of refusing; denial of anything demanded, solicited, or offered for acceptance.[1913 Webster]
Do they not seek occasion of new quarrels,On my refusal, to distress me more?
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.[1913 Webster]