Accept and Declined

Accept

Accept verb - To agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly.

Declined is an antonym for accept.

Declined

Declined adjective - Bending downward or forward.

Accept is an antonym for declined in topics: descend, lessen, say no.

Both words in one sentence

  • Offered the Crown He declined, because he would not accept a crown based on the will of the common people.
  • Useful Notes / Nobel Prize in Literature Two authors, Jean-Paul Sartre and Boris Pasternak, were awarded the Prize, but declined it.note Sartre because he refused to accept prizes categorically, Pasternak due to Soviet government pressure.
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