A Quote by Mahatma Gandhi
A resolute and wise refusal to take part in festivities will be an incentive for introspection and self-purification.
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REFUSAL, n. Denial of something desired; Refusals are graded in a descending scale of finality thus: the refusal absolute, the refusal condition, the refusal tentative and the refusal feminine. The last is called by some casuists the refusal assentive.
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