Declined
Declined adjective - Bending downward or forward.
Passed
Both words in one sentence
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He passes this resentment onto Damian because the inheritance passed to him after Bruce declined instead of back to Slade.
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But, as generations passed, Uruk declined: all people were sad because their king's immortality reminded them of their own mortality.
- In 1991 he was approached to play Sylvester Stallone's father in the gangster comedy Oscar due to the uncanny resemblance Stallone bore to Mature, but he declined and Kirk Douglas played the part instead.Mature passed away in 1999 at the age of 86 from leukemia.
Source: Creator / Victor Mature
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