refuse

Noun

• food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

Verb

• refuse entrance or membership
  • They turned away hundreds of fans
    
  • Black people were often rejected by country clubs
    

• resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
  • His body rejected the liver of the donor
    

• refuse to let have
  • She denies me every pleasure
    
  • he denies her her weekly allowance
    

• elude, especially in a baffling way
  • This behavior defies explanation
    

• refuse to accept
  • He refused my offer of hospitality
    

• show unwillingness towards
  • he declined to join the group on a hike
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  garbage , food waste , scraps , reject , turn down , turn away , resist , deny , defy , pass up , decline
• Antonyms: 
  admit , allow in , let in , intromit , allow , grant , lend oneself , apply , accept , take , have , consent , go for