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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deny; say no |
| Synonyms: | beg off, brush off, decline, demur, desist, disaccord, disallow, disapprove, dispense with, dissent, dodge, evade, give thumbs down to, hold back, hold off, hold out, ignore, make excuses, nix, not budge, not budget, not buy, not care to, pass up, protest, rebuff, refuse to receive, regret, reject, repel, reprobate, repudiate, send off, send regrets, set aside, shun, spurn, turn away, turn deaf ear to, turn down, turn from, turn one's back on, withdraw, withhold |
| Notes: | one declines (or accepts) something that is offered; one refuses (or agrees) to accept something offered |
| Antonyms: | accept, allow, approve, consent, grant, offer, ok, sanction |
| Main Entry: | reject |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | say no to |
| Synonyms: | burn*, cashier, cast aside, cast off, cast out, chuck, decline, deny, despise, disallow, disbelieve, discard, discount, discredit, disdain, dismiss, eliminate, exclude*, give thumbs down to, jettison, jilt, kill*, nix, not buy, pass by, pass on, pass up, put down, rebuff, refuse, renounce, repel, reprobate, repudiate, repulse, scoff, scorn, scout, scrap, second, shed, shoot down, shun, slough, spurn, throw away, throw out, turn down, veto |
| Antonyms: | accept, allow, approve, choose, ratify, sanction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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