Difference between Refuse and Defy

REFUSE vs DEFY: NOUN

A refusal.
Synonyms Dregs, scum, dross, trash, rubbish.
That which is refused or rejected; waste or useless matter; the worst or meanest part; rubbish.
Collectively, items or material that have been discarded; rubbish, garbage.
That which is refused or rejected as useless; waste or worthless matter.
Refusal.
Food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

Discarded, rejected.
Refused; rejected; hence; left as unworthy of acceptance; of no value; worthless.

To disown.
To decline to accept; to reject; to deny the request or petition of.
To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the center, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular aligment when troops ar� about to engage the enemy.
To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant.

To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce.
To challenge or dare (someone) to do something.
To be beyond the application or scope of; be contrary or resistant to.
To refuse to submit to or cooperate with.
To oppose or resist with boldness and assurance.
To provoke to combat or strife; to call out to combat; to challenge; to dare; to brave; to set at defiance; to treat with contempt

To decline to accept or consent; fail to comply.
Synonyms and Decline, Refuse, Reject, Repel, and Rebuff are in the order of strength.
Fail to receive; resist; repel.
Milit., to hold (troops) back, or move (them) back from the regular alinement, when about to engage the enemy in battle. In the oblique order of battle, if either flank attack, the other flank is refused.
To disown; disavow; forsake.
Not accept as true
To decline to accept; reject: as, to refuse an office; to refuse an offer.
To deny, as a request, demand, or invitation; decline to do or grant: as, to refuse admittance; she refused herself to callers.
Refused; rejected; hence, worthless; of no value: as, the refuse parts of stone or timber.
To fuse or melt again.
In chess, same as decline, 10.

To renounce; reject; refuse; repudiate; cast off.
To digest; be digested.
To digest.
To reject; eject; void: with out.
To dare; brave; manifest a contempt of or indifference to (opposition, attack, or hostile force); set at naught; resist successfully: as, to defy the arguments of an opponent; to defy the power of a magistrate.
To challenge to an action or procedure of any kind; dare to do something (generally with an implication of belief that it cannot be done, or that the action will fail of its purpose).
To challenge to contest or trial with arms; dare to meet in combat.
To revolt at; reject from dislike; disapprove.

Accept, Fail, Unwillingness, Refusal, Pass up, Turn away, Food waste, Turn down, Decline, Scraps, Resist, Garbage, Defy, Deny, Reject

Defiant, Shirk, Oppose, Evade, Confront, Disregard, Deny, Ignore, Flout, Hold up, Withstand, Hold, Dare, Refuse, Resist

Rubbish, Opt, Oppose, Accept, Unwillingness, Refusal, Turn away, Turn down, Decline, Scraps, Resist, Garbage, Defy, Deny, Reject

Break, Despise, Defiant, Oppose, Evade, Confront, Disregard, Deny, Ignore, Flout, Hold up, Hold, Dare, Refuse, Resist

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We may refuse to process a transaction for any reason or refuse service to anyone at any time at Our sole discretion.
The father could refuse the dowry and refuse to let the man who seduced his daughter take her for his wife.
However, the family can, of course, still refuse BDD because they refuse to use the criteria of BD.
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Review refuse fees to ensure that sufficient revenues exist to cover all costs related to refuse collection.
The State Water Board can suspend, revoke, and refuse to renew, or refuse to grant certificates.
Judges can presumably refuse to do the inquiries, and I presume some judges will refuse.
Guests may refuse inspections; however, management reserves the right to refuse entry.
The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.

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Supernatural events may defy all forms of explanation.
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SYN: Defy, summon, dare, question, investigate, brave, canvass.
Sometimes, water law seems to defy common sense.
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They defy common sense, she argued, but more importantly they defy the wishes of the majority of ordinary citizens of Europe.
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