Reported speech (refusal/negation): Choose the best indirect statement for the cleaned direct sentence. Direct sentence (typo corrected): The man said, 'No, I refuse to confess guilt.' Choose the correct option.

Given data

• Direct speech contains the emphatic negative 'No,' and refusal to confess.
• Permissible light edit: correct 'confers' → 'confess' (typo).

Concept/ApproachWhen 'No' signals emphatic refusal, an idiomatic indirect rendering is 'emphatically refused to confess'. Keep the meaning (refusal) and improve grammar.

Option analysisA preserves the sense and emphasizes refusal.B changes to progressive acceptance.C flips meaning to willingness.D is unidiomatic ('denied to confess').

Final AnswerThe man emphatically refused to confess his guilt.