The privilege of accepting or rejecting; an option.
" Mr. Chiffinch," said I, " I will take no refusal at all. – Oddsfish! by Robert Hugh Benson
She, however, repeated her refusal, saying, " I will not do it." – South-African Folk-Tales by James A. Honey
He shook his head in refusal. – Clementina by A.E.W. Mason