Declined
Declined adjective - Bending downward or forward.
Wanted
Wanted adjective - Desired or wished for or sought.
Both words in one sentence
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Averted in Percy Jackson and the Olympians - after the war finished, the gods offered to make Percy one of them (he declined because he wanted to live a normal teen guy's life).
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Jonathan Harris and Bill Mumy were offered cameos, but declined (Harris because he wanted a bigger role, Mumy because of his commitments to Babylon 5).
Source: Remake Cameo - Likewise, they wanted Leonard Nimoy to play Spock, but when he declined his lines were given to Scotty.
Source: Obvious Second Choice
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