Decline and Keep away

Decline

Decline verb - To show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to.

Keep away and decline are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Keep away" instead a verb "Decline".

Keep away

Keep away verb - Prevent from coming close.
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Synonyms for Keep away

Decline and keep away are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Decline" instead a verb "Keep away".
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