Bow and Refuse

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Bow

Bow verb - To cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control).
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Refuse is an antonym for bow in submit topic.
Nearby Words: bowed, bowing, bowline

Refuse

Refuse verb - To be unwilling to grant.
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Antonyms for Refuse
Bow is an antonym for refuse.
Nearby Words: refused, refusal, refusing, refuser
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How words are described

real real bow real refuse
little little bow little refuse
bad bad bow bad refuse
final final bow final refuse
Other adjectives: few.

Common collocations

call bow call refuse call
chance bow chance refuse chance
time bow time refuse time
way bow way refuse way
Other words: head, nothing, anyone.

Both words in one sentence

  • As The Unfettered, both may refuse to bow to the same constraints as normal people do, but that does not mean they are without some guiding intelligence and under some consideration.
    Source: Just For Fun / How to Stop the Deus ex Machina
  • They are so obsessed with a "pure" humanity that they launch unprovoked attacks on anything even slightly unhuman, and are more than willing to murder other humans who refuse to bow down to their totalitarian regime.
    Source: Knight Templar / Tabletop Games
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