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nonrefusal en · NOUN

Etymology

From non- + refusal.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) Absence of refusal.
   • Here the silent, the inexpressible, is not simply death, but even its inherence in life, or life's nonrefusal of both death and living, language's nonrefusal of silence with sound. 2001, Karmen MacKendrick, Immemorial silence:
   • This study has three purposes: The first is to compare the frequency of item missing values for converted and nonrefusal cases. 2002, Robert M Groves, Survey nonresponse:

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