Refuse and Serves

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Refuse verb - To be unwilling to grant.

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Serves is an antonym for refuse.

Nearby Words: refused, refusal, refusing, refuser

Definitions of Refuse not found.

Refuse is an antonym for serves in topics: aid, act, suffice.

This act serves to leave them both jaded with how the PRT and Protectorate operate and refuse to consider joining the Wards.

Source: Fan Fic / Intrepid
The restaurant owner immediately offers a free lunch; when they refuse she tells them to sit down and order anyway, there's nothing controlling the size of the portions she serves them.

Source: Franchise / Dragnet
The actual voice clips of characters when they refuse to work for you, or when they're already working for you and think you're an asshole, just serves to ram it home for how big of a screw-up Jerk Ass you are.

Source: Videogame Caring Potential

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