sich verweigern — meaning in English

English meaning

• demur verb To show that you are unwilling to do something, or to disagree with it.
• repudiate verb To reject a claim, idea or association firmly and publicly, and to state that you want nothing to do with it.

Senses

sich verweigern is used for these senses in English:

• demur Chiefly followed by to, and sometimes by at or on: to object or be reluctant; to balk, to take exception.
• repudiate (transitive) To refuse to have any relation to; to disown.
• turn down (idiomatic) To refuse, decline, or deny.

demur — full definition

1. verb To show that you are unwilling to do something, or to disagree with it.
2. verb (law) To file a formal objection that a case should be dismissed because, even taking the other side's facts as true, they do not support a legal claim.
3. verb To continue to exist; to last.
4. verb To stay somewhere longer than needed; to delay.

repudiate — full definition

1. verb To reject a claim, idea or association firmly and publicly, and to state that you want nothing to do with it.
2. verb To refuse to honor or be bound by a contract, agreement or debt.

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