Decline and Modify

Decline

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

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

Modify

Modify verb - To limit the meaning of (as a noun).

Decline and modify are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Decline" instead a verb "Modify".

Common collocations

race decline race modify race
world decline world modify world
appearances decline appearances modify appearances
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