The phrase "actively refused" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where someone is not only refusing something but doing so with a sense of determination or intention.
Example: "Despite the pressure from his peers, he actively refused to participate in the unethical practices."
Alternatives: "firmly declined" or "outrightly rejected".
Most notably, Stromae actively refused the larger-than-life persona that usually accompanies the venue's main stage.
On a deeper level, however, the demonstrations are against individual rule, something Kuwaitis have long and actively refused.
For a while, the rapper actively refused to release the album, leading to a huge fan petition being delivered to Atlantic Records to get it released.
When dad was diagnosed with pneumonia, he actively refused treatment and subsequently died; it was not the death he wanted but he saw an opportunity to escape and took it.
The NYPD actively refused her access to medical attention, among a crowd decrying the illegality of their non-response.
Find people who have actively refused the living of a default purpose and seek out new ways of thinking about and knowing the world.
Texas is also the only state actively refusing to carry out E.P.A. rules against heat-trapping gases like carbon dioxide that begin taking effect in January.
I do not understand, then, how this man can say this and not support equality in ways he actively refuses to do.
Perhaps because London Grammar are a band that actively refuses that kind of attention, there was an uncomfortable stir earlier this year when the Twitter account for the Radio 1 Breakfast Show posted: "We think the girl from London Grammar is fit.
They expressed their opinions passively and actively: refusing to forswear allegiance to the king, signing petitions or joining loyalist military regiments — as nearly 20,000 men did — to defend their vision of British America.
But Leia doesn't merely survive---she actively refuses to die.
