Learn English – a term for someone who either politely rejects an offer or doesn’t make use of something that has been offered to him

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E.g. a very rich and fortunate person offers you to use any amount of his wealth, however, either by or without saying, you will never want to use that person's money.

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One phrase often used in English is that of being "too proud" to accept help. I might offer a friend some assistance, but notice that he seems to feel a bit of shame that he needs help. When I get home, I might have this dialogue with my wife:

"So, did you buy him any food at the store?"
"I offered to, but he was too proud to accept the help."

NOAD says:

proud (adj.) having or showing a consciousness of one's own dignity : I was too proud to go home.

On the other hand, maybe it has nothing to do with such pride; maybe you simply have a moral disagreement with the person making the offer. For example, suppose I need some help at Christmastime, and a friend of mine offers to give me some money, but I know this person is a drug dealer, so I don't want to use that money. In this situation, we sometimes use the expression tainted money (or ill-gotten money). Again, a conversation with my wife:

"Tony offered to give me $300 to help with Christmas."
"Really? Did you take it?"
"No, I didn't want to accept any of his tainted money."

Macmillian says:

tainted (adj.) something that is tainted is spoiled by an unpleasant feature or quality that often makes people not want to be involved with it : tainted money