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The number of times a person can decline, pause, or question a request without retaliation.
Definition
The number of times a person can decline, pause, or question a request without retaliation. Healthy refusal budgets, backed by refusal tolerance and rights of exit, prevent coercion and surface heat maps of refusal.
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APA
Ethotechnics Institute Research Team. (2026). Refusal Budget. Ethotechnics glossary. https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/refusal-budget
MLA
Ethotechnics Institute Research Team. "Refusal Budget." Ethotechnics glossary, 2026, https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/refusal-budget.
Chicago
Ethotechnics Institute Research Team. "Refusal Budget." Ethotechnics glossary. Jan 9, 2026. https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/refusal-budget.
BibTeX
@misc{glossary_refusal-budget,
title={Refusal Budget},
author={Ethotechnics Institute Research Team},
year={2026},
howpublished={Ethotechnics glossary},
url={https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/refusal-budget},
version={v1.1.0}
}
RIS
TY - WEB TI - Refusal Budget AU - Ethotechnics Institute Research Team PY - 2026 UR - https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/refusal-budget ER -