| refulgency | (noun) the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light | Synonyms: effulgence, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, shine |
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| refulgent | (adjective) radiating or as if radiating light | Synonyms: beaming, beamy, effulgent, radiant |
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| refund | (noun) the act of returning money received previously | Synonyms: repayment |
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| (noun) money returned to a payer | - |
| (verb) pay back | Synonyms: give back, repay, return |
| refurbish | (verb) make brighter and prettier | Synonyms: freshen up, renovate |
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| refurbishment | (noun) the state of being restored to its former good condition | Synonyms: renovation, restoration |
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| refurnish | (verb) furnish with new or different furniture | - |
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| refusal | (noun) a message refusing to accept something that is offered | - |
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| (noun) the act of refusing | - |
| refuse | (noun) food that is discarded (as from a kitchen) | Synonyms: food waste, garbage, scraps |
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| (verb) show unwillingness towards | Synonyms: decline |
| (verb) not accept as true | Synonyms: decline, pass up, reject, turn down |
| (verb) refuse to let have | Synonyms: deny |
| (verb) refuse entrance or membership | Synonyms: reject, turn away, turn down |
| (verb) elude, especially in a baffling way | Synonyms: defy, resist |
| (verb) resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ | Synonyms: reject, resist |
| refutable | (adjective) able to be refuted | Synonyms: confutable, confutative, questionable |
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| refutal | (noun) the act of determining that something is false | Synonyms: disproof, falsification, falsifying, refutation |
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| refutation | (noun) the act of determining that something is false | Synonyms: disproof, falsification, falsifying, refutal |
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| (noun) any evidence that helps to establish the falsity of something | Synonyms: disproof, falsification |
| (noun) the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions | Synonyms: defence, defense |
| refute | (verb) prove to be false or incorrect | Synonyms: controvert, rebut |
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| (verb) overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof | Synonyms: rebut |
| refuter | (noun) a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument | Synonyms: confuter, disprover, rebutter |
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