the.com/refuse
One spelling, two lives: the trash you throw out and the offer you turn down.
means As a verb, to decline or reject something; as a noun, the garbage and waste left behind.
from From Old French refuser, to reject or deny, rooted in Latin recusare, to decline; the noun sense arose from what gets rejected and tossed.
Stress shiftreFUSE the verb, REFuse the trash.
Shared logicGarbage is literally stuff refused.
Latin cousinsRelated to recuse, the legal step-aside.