Attend
Attend verb - To go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship.
Refuse and attend are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Refuse" instead a verb "Attend".
Nearby Words: attending, attendance
Refuse
Refuse verb - To be unwilling to grant.
Common collocations
| service | attend service | refuse service |
Both words in one sentence
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When his parents refuse to let him attend, he runs away from home and falsifies their consent in order to attend.
Source: Film / Before the Fall - The entire family is this when they refuse to attend Quinn and Eric's wedding, citing the many terrible things that Quinn has done—and conveniently forgetting the terrible things that all of them have done.
- Nick also reacted badly when racy photos of Jeanette were released online by NBA player Andre Drummond, whom McCurdy had briefly dated with, causing her to publicly accuse Nick of unfair treatment and refuse to attend the 2014 Kids Choice Awards.
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Refuse and Attend. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/attend/refuse
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