Decline and Except

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Decline

Decline verb - To show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to.
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Except and decline are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Except" instead a verb "Decline".
Nearby Words: declined, declining, declination, declinable

Except

Except verb - To present an opposing opinion or argument.
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Decline and except are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Decline" instead a verb "Except".

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love decline love except love
place decline place except place

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  • Wrestling / WWE Word is Bruce Prichard didn't think women belonged in wrestling except as arm candy, and that was the start of the decline.
    Source: Wrestling / WWE
  • Apathetic Citizens Also, handgun licenses are in a steady decline as they are not renewed except for people with valid reasons.
    Source: Apathetic Citizens
  • This really peaked when Rice became the poster girl for Protection from Editors - in a very literal sense - and strangely everyone in the world except for her and her publishers noticed an immediate decline in the quality of her prose.
    Source: Dear Negative Reader
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