Grant
Grant verb - Let have.
Usage example: grant permission
Refuse
Refuse verb - To be unwilling to grant.
Usage example: the reclusive movie star usually refuses requests for interviews
How words are described
| alien | alien grant | alien refuse |
| notorious | notorious grant | notorious refuse |
| real | real grant | real refuse |
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Once the rebels have nukes, the government can't refuse to grant them independence.
Source: Appeal to Force -
He begs them for mercy, offering to grant them all one wish if they let him live, but the Scoobies refuse, knowing that there will always be a catch; Buffy proceeds to chop his head off.
Source: Villains Want Mercy -
There is mention of new combat suits that grant flight capability, but the soldiers refuse to use them because they just make the wearers more obvious targets.
Source: Literature / Stark's War
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Refuse and Grant. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/grant/refuse
Grant & Refuse. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/grant/refuse>.
Refuse or Grant. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/grant/refuse.
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