Enter and Refuse

Enter

Enter verb - To offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to.
Usage example: the club enters only five new members a year

Refuse is an antonym for enter.

Nearby Words: entry, entered, entering

Refuse

Refuse verb - To be unwilling to grant.

Enter is an antonym for refuse.

Nearby Words: refused, refusal, refusing, refuser

Common collocations

service enter service refuse service
time enter time refuse time
war enter war refuse war

Both words in one sentence

  • Beef Gate Additionally, there are areas that Chocobos will refuse to enter, and you must dismount and enter on foot.
    Source: Beef Gate
  • Video Game / Clock Tower Bates / Sho (Alyssa / Yu's alternate male personality who shares her body) similarly will refuse to enter the female restrooms.
  • Alternately, you can refuse to enter the code, which causes the Narrator to continue shouting the code at you with increasing annoyance.
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