refusal

“Further, if you get fired over a refusal to sign, you may even become disqualified from receiving the government’s unemployment benefits program, among other consequences.”

Choosing to adopt interventions like these is an expression of agency, a refusal to accept preventable decline.

Asked if a reason was given for the refusals, Ms McLoughlin said "Sometimes he was sleeping, sometimes he just did not want to see us."

Portland’s problems go well beyond mere refusal to enforce the law.

Reeves' refusal to rule out a rise does not mean one is inevitable as Chancellors rarely confirm or deny specific tax measures ahead of a Budget.