Decline
Decline verb - To show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to.
Rid
Rid verb - To set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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However, (a) the Winchester boys decline to kill her (even though she volunteers upon finding out the stakes), (b) during the course of the battle, she decides she'll rid herself of that virginity as soon as they're out of it, and (c) she ends up dying anyway.
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