Refuse
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Discarded, rejected.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Collectively, items or material that have been discarded; rubbish, garbage.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To decline (a request or demand). To decline a request or demand; to withhold permission.
Example sentence: To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.
Resist
Part of speech: noun
Definition: a protective covering
Part of speech: verb
Definition: to attempt to counter the actions or effects of someone or something (transitive)to withstand such actions (transitive)to oppose (intransitive)
Example sentence: Change can be frightening, and the temptation is often to resist it. But change almost always provides opportunities - to learn new things, to rethink tired processes, and to improve the way we work.