recusar

El bienhechor espiritual lo calmó, explicando que, mismo que él fuese dar comida limpia para aquella señora, ella recusaría.	The spiritual benefactor soothed him, explaining that even if he gave clean food to that lady, she would refuse it.
El bienhechor espiritual lo tranquilizó, diciendo que mismo que él fuese dar comida limpia para aquella señora, ella recusaría.	The spiritual benefactor calmed him, saying that even if he were to give that lady clean food, she would refuse it.
Constance Wilde le enviaría una asignación mensual, pero recusaría verle (lo que a Wilde no le importó) e impediría que visitase a sus hijos (un detalle que a Wilde sí le importó).	Constance Wilde would send him an allowance, but would not see him (which he did not mind) or allow him to visit his children (which he did mind).
Todo comenzó la semana pasada, cuando el presidente, en una entrevista con el New York Times, se sinceró y aseguró que de haber sabido que su fiscal general se recusaría en la investigación con Rusia, no le habría ofrecido el puesto.	It all began last week when, during an interview with the New York Times, the president was sincere and assured that had he known that his attorney general would recuse himself from the Russia investigation, he would not have offered him the job.