Decline and Single out

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

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Single out is an antonym for decline.

Single out verb - To decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities.

Usage example: she quickly singled out the most qualified candidate from the pool of the applicants

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Decline is an antonym for single out.

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