Declination and Sanction
Opposite meaning words
Declination
Declination noun - An unwillingness to grant something asked for.
Usage example: congressional declinations of cabinet appointments have been relatively infrequent, most senators believing that the president is entitled to pick his own advisors
Sanction is an antonym for declination.
Sanction
Sanction noun - The approval by someone in authority for the doing of something.
Declination is an antonym for sanction.
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