No. 1,857 in Russian
отказ
Refusal; rejection; denial.
In a sentence
Он получил отказ от университета.
He received a rejection from the university.
The word "отказ" is used to denote a rejection or denial of something, such as an application or a request.
Мы встретили отказ участвовать в проекте.
We encountered a refusal to participate in the project.
Here, "отказ" signifies the act of someone refusing to do something.
Ты знаешь, что его отказ был неожиданным?
Do you know that his refusal was unexpected?
In this sentence, "отказ" refers to the act of rejecting or refusing, highlighting its unexpected nature.
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