refuse

verb1 of 2

to say that you will not accept something

• “He was arrested when he refused to give his name.”Tatoeba
• “They laugh more and more, they all refuse to stop.”Tatoeba

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noun2 of 2

Collectively, items or material that have been discarded; rubbish, garbage.