Offer and Refusal

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Offer noun - An effort to do or accomplish something.

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Refusal is an antonym for offer in proposal topic.

Nearby Words: offered, offering, offerer, offeree

Refusal noun - An unwillingness to grant something asked for.

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Offer is an antonym for refusal in unwillingness topic.

Nearby Words: refuse, refused, refusing, refuser

rare	rare offer	rare refusal
public	public offer	public refusal
initial	initial offer	initial refusal
simple	simple offer	simple refusal
Other adjectives: romantic, silent, subsequent, different, earlier, previous, sudden, last-minute.

Judging from the way Vito and Michael interact with other important mafiosi, the approach seems to be to simply make an offer; if the offer is refused, decide whether to accept the refusal, or go to war.

Source: An Offer You Can't Refuse
Refusal of the Call: Sam is initially reluctant about the offer of running a casino, pointing out good arguments.

Source: Film / Casino
Her outright refusal of the colonel's offer is very understandable given that she had just been released from an unreasonable contract with another operator of a chain of restaurants.

Source: Series / Little House on the Prairie

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