Adv. on no account &c. (no) 536. 
     Int. forbid it heaven! &c. (deprecation) 766.
     hands off! keep off! hold! stop! desist! cease and desist! avast! 
     Phr. that will never do; don’t you dare; forget it; don’t even think
about doing it;"go ahead; make my day [ironical, threatening]” [Dirty Harry].

     #762.  Consent.—­ N. consent; assent &c. 488; acquiescence; approval
&c. 931; compliance, agreement, concession; yieldance|, yieldingness[obs3]; accession, acknowledgment, acceptance, agnition|.
     settlement, ratification, confirmation, adjustment.
     permit &c. (permission) 760; promise &c. 768. 
     V. consent; assent &c. 488; yield assent, admit, allow, concede,
grant, yield; come round, come over; give into, acknowledge, agnize[obs3], give consent, comply with, acquiesce, agree to, fall in with, accede, accept, embrace an offer, close with, take at one’s word, have no objection.
     satisfy, meet one’s wishes, settle, come to terms &c. 488; not refuse
&c. 764; turn a willing ear &c. (willingness) 602; jump at; deign, vouchsafe; promise &c. 768. 
     Adj. consenting &c. v.; squeezable; agreed &c. (assent) 488;
unconditional. 
     Adv.  OK, yes &c. (assent) 488; by all means &c. (willingly) 602; no
problem; if you please, as you please; be it so, so be it, well and good, of course; please do; don’t hesitate. 
     Phr. chi tace accousente[It][obs3].

     #763.  Offer.—­ N. offer, proffer, presentation, tender, bid, overture;
proposal, proposition; motion, invitation; candidature; offering &c. (gift) 784. 
     V. offer, proffer, present, tender; bid; propose, move; make a motion,
make advances; start; invite, hold out, place in one’s way, put forward.
     hawk about; offer for sale &c. 796; press &c. (request) 765; lay at
one’s feet.
     offer oneself, present oneself; volunteer, come forward, be a
candidate; stand for, bid for; seek; be at one’s service; go a begging; bribe &c. (give) 784. 
     Adj. offering, offered &c. v.; in the market, for sale, to let,
disengaged, on hire.

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     #764.  Refusal.—­ N. refusal, rejection; noncompliance,
incompliance[obs3]; denial; declining &c. v.; declension;
declinature[obs3]; peremptory refusal, flat refusal, point blank refusal; repulse, rebuff; discountenance.
     recusancy, abnegation, protest, disclaimer; dissent &c. 489;
revocation &c. 756. 
     V. refuse, reject, deny, decline, turn down; nill, negative; refuse
one’s assent, withhold one’s assent; shake the head; close the hand, close the purse; grudge, begrudge, be slow to, hang fire; pass [at cards].
     be deaf to; dismiss, turn a deaf ear to, turn one’s back upon; set
one’s face against, discountenance, not hear of, have nothing to do with, wash one’s hands of, stand aloof, forswear, set aside, cast behind one; not yield an inch &c. (obstinacy) 606.