refused

spring away from an impact v hit something so that it bounces v move up and down repeatedly v come back after being refused v leap suddenly v refuse to accept and send back v eject from the premises

who refused to take the oath of allegiance to William and Mary, or to their successors, after the revolution of 1688

but he resolutely refused to repudiate his beloved pastor

United States civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery (Alabama) and so triggered the national Civil Rights movement (born in 1913)

n Greek bishop of Smyrna who refused to recant his Christian faith and was burned to death by pagans (circa 69-155)