Contract
Contract verb - To become affected with (a disease or disorder).
Refuse
Refuse verb - To be unwilling to grant.
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- On other occasions it may be phrased differently, such as a question about just where in the contract does it say that the character has to do something, or a clause that states the character can refuse to do something.
Source: Not in My Contract - There's not an official contract, but the effect is the same: in Scandal in the Spotlight, the protagonist can't really refuse to ghostwrite lyrics for Revance when her own budding career as a scriptwriter is in peril because she offended a lecherous producer.
Source: Leonine Contract -
If you happen to have a radiation-immune companion character, they will refuse to do it for basically no reason, including Charon, who is under contract to follow your every word.
Source: Stupidity Is the Only Option
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Refuse or Contract. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/contract/refuse.
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