refusal

Questions about refusal

What does refusal mean?

refusal means "the act of refusing". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in refusal?

refusal has 3 syllables: re-fu-sal. The stress falls on "fu". In IPA it is /ɹəˈfjuzəl/.

Is refusal a common word?

refusal is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.