Refuse and Sitting on

Opposite meaning terms

Refuse verb - To be unwilling to grant.

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Sitting on is an antonym for refuse.

Nearby Words: refused, refusal, refusing, refuser

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Refuse is an antonym for sitting on in topics: eat, be in possession.

Inverted in Kingdom Come in a sequence in the compilation where Superman goes to visit his old pal Orion for advice and finds him sitting on his father Darkseid's throne and fretting about how the downtrodden slaves refuse to free themselves.

Source: Full-Circle Revolution
Unfortunately, the movie ends with the ghosts of the two characters sitting on the park bench and overlooking a modern city, suggesting that they refuse to move on to the next life and still haunt the place where they died even decades later.

Source: Downer Ending / Anime and Manga
You Kill It, You Bought It: Choosing Refuse at the end forces you to fight and kill Gehrman, at which point the Moon Presence appears and makes you take Gehrman's place as the keeper, sitting on his wheelchair waiting for the hunt to begin again.

Source: Video Game / Bloodborne

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