Decline and Rebuff

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

Usage example: she declined to participate in the soccer game

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Rebuff is a synonym for decline in action topic. In some cases you can use "Rebuff" instead a verb "Decline", when it comes to topics like turn down.

Rebuff verb - Reject outright and bluntly.

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Decline is a synonym for rebuff in reject topic. You can use "Decline" instead a verb "Rebuff", if it concerns topics such as action, turn away.

Nearby Words: rebuffed, rebuffing

sad	sad decline	sad rebuff
age-related	age-related decline	age-related rebuff

offer	decline offer	rebuff offer
offers	decline offers	rebuff offers

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