Continue
Continue verb - To remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state.
Declines
Both words in one sentence
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Sealed with a Kiss: Bond declines rescue from the Royal Navy in the South China Sea so he can continue to make out with Wai Lin.
Source: Film / Tomorrow Never Dies - Lara asks him to stay with her and continue to help her restore the Geltic Tribe to its former glory, but he gently declines, by telling her he had other engagements to keep.
Source: But Now I Must Go -
Averted and then discussed when Kahlan declines to have sex with Richard when he's been Confessed by Annabelle, who orders him to so that the line of Confessors can continue, specifically citing that he can't refuse in that state.
Source: Series / Legend of the Seeker
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