refusing
ri-FYOO-zing/ɹɪˈfjuːzɪŋ/
- 1Present participle and gerund of refuse.
By refusing to compromise, the negotiators stalled the talks for weeks.
The landlord is refusing to return the security deposit.
Note
The -ing form carries every use of the verb, including two that can surprise a reader. In military writing, refusing a flank or wing means holding it back out of the line as battle is joined. The same spelling also serves a separate verb, re-fuse, meaning to fuse again after melting. In everyday use it usually takes an infinitive (refusing to pay) or two objects (refusing them entry).
refusing is a form of refuse
refuse, verb: To say or show that one will not do, accept, or allow something; to decline a request, offer, or demand. Full entry
- Spelling
- refuse → refusing: drop the e, add -ing
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