To refuse without good answer would give them away.

He refused Kelly's offer of cake without a word.

The Principal reserves the right to refuse any application without reason.

I tried to get Comfort to help me and she refused without your say-so.

"Mama, you had no right to refuse their offer without me," Caesarion said when he found out.

This is clear when Pearl rejects him and he refuses to race without her.

To refuse an offer of hospitality without a compelling reason was unthinkable.

The guard refused without a guarantee that he would return.

But the prison authorities wanted this address and refused to forward his letters without it.

But any able-bodied person who refuses a specific job without good cause is to be denied aid.