Translation of "Absage geben" in English

Wie nett von Paul, uns Karten nach deiner Absage zu geben.
I think it was sweet of Paul to let us have his tickets after you turned him down.
OpenSubtitles v2018

Er hatte ein Angebot vom La Jolla Institute in Kalifornien und machte dort eine dreimonatige Stippvisite, “um zu sehen, wie die Amerikaner arbeiten, und um zu bleiben, wenn es eine Absage aus Bonn geben sollte”.
Nevertheless – keeping to type – he kept a second route open: the USA. He had received an offer from the La Jolla Institute in California, leading to a three-month visit "to see how the Americans work, and to stay if Bonn turned me down".
ParaCrawl v7.1