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

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

Final Answer
The man emphatically refused to confess his guilt.