Rejection
Noun, する verb, and の adjective
きょひ
彼は戦場に行く事を拒否したため、臆病者と呼ばれた。
He was called coward since he’d refused to go to the battlefield.
I refuse. I am saying "no." That is my refusal.
This is a jukugo word that uses the on'yomi readings of the kanji. You should be able to read this on your own.