Approve
Approve verb - To give official acceptance of as satisfactory.
Usage example: as soon as the pond project was approved, the bulldozers were at the site
Decline
Decline verb - To show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to.
Usage example: she declined to participate in the soccer game
Common collocations
| application | approve application | decline application |
| marriage | approve marriage | decline marriage |
| support | approve support | decline support |
| season | approve season | decline season |
Both words in one sentence
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The new custom title will now show up in a queue for the moderators to approve or decline.
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Decline and Approve. (2016). Retrieved 2026, October 31, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/approve/decline
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