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rejecting assistance

[rɪˈdʒɛktɪŋ əˈsɪstəns]
verb phrase
rejeição de assistência / recusa de ajuda
1. The act of declining or refusing help, support, or aid offered by another person or organization
His rejecting assistance from his family made it harder for him to recover from the accident.
A sua rejeição de assistência da família tornou mais difícil a sua recuperação do acidente.
2. To refuse to accept or use the resources, services, or support that someone is offering
She is rejecting assistance with her project despite struggling with the workload.
Ela está recusando ajuda com o seu projeto apesar de estar com dificuldades na carga de trabalho.
NYC Slang
turning down the help
Synonyms
declining helprefusing aidspurning assistancerebuffing supportturning down help
Antonyms
accepting assistancewelcoming helprequesting aidseeking supportembracing assistance

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
recusa de ajuda / rejeição de assistência
Most common usage in Brazilian Portuguese
São Paulo
recusa de ajuda
Informal, commonly used in urban contexts
Rio de Janeiro
rejeição de assistência
More formal usage
Portugal
recusa de assistência / rejeição de apoio
European Portuguese tends to use 'apoio' (support) more frequently than 'assistência'

Related Idioms & Phrases

going it alone
turning a blind eye to help
refusing a helping hand
having none of it
cutting off one's nose to spite one's face
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