Re-fuʹsal1, n.
(re-fūz'al), n. 1. The act of refusing; denial of any thing demanded, solicited, or offered for acceptance.
Do they not seek occasion of new quarrels, On my refusal, to distress me more? Milton.
Sense 2. The right of taking in preference to others; the choice of taking or refusing; option; pre-emption; as, to give one the refusal of a farm or a horse, or the refusal of an employment.