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Reject

To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.

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Verb group 12

Decline 84% connected

To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Decline 84% connected

To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Disdain 84% connected

A feeling of contempt and aversion; the regarding anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Disdain 84% connected

A feeling of contempt and aversion; the regarding anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Pooh-pooh 84% connected

To make light of; to treat with derision or contempt, as if by saying pooh! pooh!

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Pooh-pooh 84% connected

To make light of; to treat with derision or contempt, as if by saying pooh! pooh!

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Refuse 84% connected

To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Refuse 84% connected

To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Scorn 84% connected

Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which springs from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Scorn 84% connected

Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which springs from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Spurn 84% connected

To drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Spurn 84% connected

To drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Manner of action 23

Atone 76% connected

To agree; to be in accordance; to accord.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Avoid 76% connected

To empty.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Bounce 76% connected

To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; a knock loudly.

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Deprecate 76% connected

To pray against, as an evil; to seek to avert by prayer; to desire the removal of; to seek deliverance from; to express deep regret for; to disapprov…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Deter 76% connected

To prevent by fear; hence, to hinder or prevent from action by fear of consequences, or difficulty, risk, etc.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Disbelieve 76% connected

Not to believe; to refuse belief or credence to; to hold not to be true or actual.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Discount 76% connected

To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like; to make an abatement of; as, merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt paym…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Discourage 76% connected

To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; -- the opposite of encourage; as, he was…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Discredit 76% connected

The act of discrediting or disbelieving, or the state of being discredited or disbelieved; as, later accounts have brought the story into discredit.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Dishonor 76% connected

Lack of honor; disgrace; ignominy; shame; reproach.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Dismiss 76% connected

To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away.

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Disown 76% connected

To refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one's self; to disavow or deny, as connected with one's self personally; as, a parent can hardly diso…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Disregard 76% connected

Not to regard; to pay no heed to; to omit to take notice of; to neglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or notice; as, to disregard the a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ignore 76% connected

To be ignorant of or not acquainted with.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Object 76% connected

To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.

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Rebuff 76% connected

Repercussion, or beating back; a quick and sudden resistance.

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Recuse 76% connected

To refuse or reject, as a judge; to challenge that the judge shall not try the cause.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Renounce 76% connected

To declare against; to reject or decline formally; to refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one; to disclaim; as, to renounce a title to land…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Repel 76% connected

To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Repent 76% connected

Prostrate and rooting; -- said of stems.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reprobate 76% connected

Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or fineness; disallowed; rejected.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Repudiate 76% connected

To cast off; to disavow; to have nothing to do with; to renounce; to reject.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Snub 76% connected

To sob with convulsions.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 12

Deciding 76% connected

of Decide

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Decline 76% connected

To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Deny 76% connected

To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to affirm, allow, or admit.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Discount 76% connected

To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like; to make an abatement of; as, merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt paym…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Dismiss 76% connected

To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Disregard 76% connected

Not to regard; to pay no heed to; to omit to take notice of; to neglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or notice; as, to disregard the a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Evaluate 76% connected

To fix the value of; to rate; to appraise.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ignore 76% connected

To be ignorant of or not acquainted with.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Judge 76% connected

A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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React 76% connected

To act or perform a second time; to do over again; as, to react a play; the same scenes were reacted at Rome.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Refuse 76% connected

To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Respond 76% connected

To say somethin in return; to answer; to reply; as, to respond to a question or an argument.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 8

Refusal 74% connected

The act of refusing; denial of anything demanded, solicited, or offered for acceptance.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Refusal 74% connected

The act of refusing; denial of anything demanded, solicited, or offered for acceptance.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Rejection 74% connected

Act of rejecting, or state of being rejected.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Rejection 74% connected

Act of rejecting, or state of being rejected.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Rejective 74% connected

Rejecting, or tending to reject.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Rejective 74% connected

Rejecting, or tending to reject.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Scorn 74% connected

Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which springs from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Scorn 74% connected

Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which springs from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 10

Cull 92% connected

To separate, select, or pick out; to choose and gather or collect; as, to cull flowers.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Decline 92% connected

To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Disapprove 92% connected

To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprov…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Disdain 92% connected

A feeling of contempt and aversion; the regarding anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Eliminate 92% connected

To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pooh-pooh 92% connected

To make light of; to treat with derision or contempt, as if by saying pooh! pooh!

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Refuse 92% connected

To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Resist 92% connected

To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Scorn 92% connected

Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which springs from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Spurn 92% connected

To drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Antonym 2

Accept 94% connected

To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Accept 94% connected

To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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