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The phrase "a refusal to accept" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing someone's unwillingness to agree to or acknowledge something, such as a proposal or an idea.
Example: "Her refusal to accept the terms of the contract led to a lengthy negotiation process."
Alternatives: "an unwillingness to accept" or "a rejection of".
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The Shorters specifically accepted the risk which might flow from a refusal to accept blood.
It's a culture of litigiousness and a refusal to accept personal responsibility.
Paddick said the problem was a refusal to accept that racism exists in the Met.
The second is a declaration of war on multiculturalism, a refusal to accept difference at all.
A little denial perhaps, or even a refusal to accept matters for what they are.
"There's a refusal to accept that it should be a struggle.
They voiced a refusal to accept their passing without protest and insistence: he died here, not some office worker.
Axcelis's justification is one that any board can provide to support a refusal to accept a director resignation.
But it is also a refusal to accept a never-ending story where black deaths are an expected plot twist.
Such a refusal to accept the WTO's writ, combined with the EU's defiance over bananas and beef, could fatally damage the WTO's ability to enforce world trade rules.
But I would like to see the Republican Party move forward — past hyper-partisanship and a refusal to accept basic scientific facts.
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