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Discover Ludwig"refuse an order" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It means to decline or reject a request or command. You can use it when talking about someone not following instructions or directions given to them. Example: The soldiers were ordered to open fire on the unarmed protesters, but they refused the order, showing their disobedience to the corrupt regime.
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To some degree, it gives the robot the right to refuse an order.
Not that he tells his young charges to refuse an order to evacuate settlers: "I tell them to use their conscience".
And with every new march our hope grows that the army and the police would refuse an order to use force against the protesters.
Brennan in April this year said he would refuse an order to bring back waterboarding, and in July said he would have to be fired rather than implement it.
Elrod and Murphy had the authority to hire and fire their assistants and direct their work, though an assistant could refuse an order if he thought that it would put the client in danger.
The political tensions over Mr. Bennett's ascendance intensified in recent days, when Mr. Netanyahu seized on Mr. Bennett's comment that, as a reserve officer in the Israeli Army, he would refuse an order to evacuate a Jewish settlement in the West Bank on ideological grounds.
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Sonnie Bates, 35, had initially faced a court-martial for refusing an order.
Refusing an order to deploy or deserting during a battle carry much stiffer penalties, he said.
She refused an order to bring him to juvenile court or disclose his whereabouts.
Later, Juliano refused an order, went to prison and was dismissed.
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