The phrase "ability to refuse to" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing someone's capacity or power to decline or reject something.
Example: "The employee has the ability to refuse to work overtime if they feel it is unreasonable."
Alternatives: "capacity to decline" or "power to say no".
SE commonly understood in terms of a refusal SE, that is, one's ability to refuse to drink in a tempting situation [ 34] plays a role when predicting the use of alcohol [ 10], tobacco [ 35], and marijuana [ 36].
But, as Professor Wolff explained, states have long had the ability to refuse to recognize marriages from other states that violated their local policies.
It's not lost on Ms. Koehler that her ability to refuse to be intimidated is the result of her profession and privilege as a white, affluent mom.
If you can get them to talk off the record where nobody can see them, principals will invariably say that they have little autonomy in their jobs — except for the ability to refuse to hire a specific teacher — and that the school funding system needs to be reformed.
What's more, most of his constituents agree with major healthcare shifts, such as denying insurers the ability to refuse to coverage to those with pre-existing health conditions.
The ability to refuse to be alone with someone who is not the same gender as you and still climb the professional ladder is a privilege that is simply not afforded to women.
In addition to providing coverage to more people -- by eliminating the ability of insurers to refuse to offer coverage to people who have pre-existing conditions -- the law "is also going to provide vast improvement to people who are already purchasing coverage on their own," Ms. Collins said.
In addition, recent academic research has revealed the methodological fallacies in the so-called "empirical evidence" used by the academics who have argued that unrestrained attacks by activist hedge funds create long-term value for the targets of their attacks, thereby strengthening the ability of these institutions to refuse to support activist attacks on portfolio companies.
The document says the UK intends "to strengthen our ability to refuse entry to EU citizens with a criminal record or whom we consider a threat to the UK".
* The ability to refuse treatment of any kind.
One item, the ability to refuse drug offers, favored youth in the conventional intervention arm over those in the computer or control arms.
