Refuse and Sort

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Refuse

Refuse verb - To be unwilling to grant.
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Sort is an antonym for refuse.
Nearby Words: refused, refusal, refusing, refuser

Sort

Sort verb - To come or be together as friends.
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Refuse is an antonym for sort in place in order topic.
Nearby Words: sorted, sorting, sorter
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How words are described

human human refuse human sort
right right refuse right sort
real real refuse real sort
bad bad refuse bad sort
Other adjectives: few, quirky.

Common collocations

people refuse people sort people
earth refuse earth sort earth
food refuse food sort food
nothing refuse nothing sort nothing

Both words in one sentence

  • Actual Pacifist Lightbringer's parents refuse to use violence of any sort which they teach their son.
    Source: Actual Pacifist
  • Discontinuity / Video Games Many Castlevania fans do a sort of reverse Fanon Discontinuity in that they refuse to accept a recent retcon and thus count more games than Konami does.
    Source: Discontinuity / Video Games
  • The Harry Potter series has the centaurs who refuse to accept any sort of human dominion over themselves, and indeed even contact with humans is seen as a crime.
    Source: Can't Argue with Elves
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