Decline and Stand

Decline

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

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

Stand verb - To occupy a place or location.

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Decline and stand are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Decline" instead a verb "Stand".

Nearby Words: standing, stance, standee

long	long decline	long stand
similar	similar decline	similar stand
original	original decline	original stand
small	small decline	small stand
Other adjectives: effective, real, massive, great, huge, moral, dramatic, general, political, final, inevitable, vertical.

The MP then can quietly decline to stand in the by-election, resign from the non-job, and move on with his/her life.

Source: Loophole Abuse / Real Life Law
In its decline, it even gets its own Belisarius stand-in, Bel Riose.

Source: Space Romans
While Piccolo doesn't seem to mind his decline as he becomes more comfortable with heroics, it should be noted that any time he does wish to stand out he has a tendency to invoke his former title (and, thus, this trope) while doing so.

Source: Authority Equals Asskicking / Anime and Manga

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