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refusenoun discarded or useless materialrefuse had littered the playground until our volunteer group cleaned it up chaff, deadwood, debris, dreck(also drek), dross, dust, effluvium(also effluvia), garbage, junk, litter, offal, offscouring, raffle, riffraff, rubbish, scrap, spilth, trash, truck, waste crud, sewage, slop, swill, washdetritus, remains, rubble, ruinsdump, scrap heaplumber, odds and ends, trumperyflotsam, jetsam, wreckagecastoff, cull, discard, hand-me-down, reject, throwawaynothing, straw, two bits catch, gem, goody(or goodie), jewel, pearl, plum, prize, treasure, treasure trove, trove, valuablebooty, find, salvage refuseverbto be unwilling to grantthe reclusive movie star usually refuses requests for interviews decline, deny, disallow, disapprove, negative, nix, reject, reprobate, withhold ban, enjoin, forbid, prohibit, proscribe, vetorebuff, repel, spurncheck, constrain, curb, hold, keep, repress, restrain, restrictbalk (at), hinder, impede, obstruct allow, concede, grant, let, OK(or okay), permit afford, furnish, give, provide, supplyauthorize, commission, license(also licence)accede (to), acquiesce, agree (to), assent (to), consent (to), warrantaccord, sanction, vouchsafe to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree toshe refused the award, citing the hard work of others who deserved the recognition more than she did balk (at), decline, deselect, disapprove, negative, nix, pass, pass up, reject, reprobate, repudiate, spurn, throw out, throw over, turn down blow off, disdain, rebuff, scorn, scout, shoot downoverrule, vetoforbid, prohibit, proscribedismiss, ignoreabstain (from), forbear, refrain (from)deny, disavow, disclaim, dispute, gainsaystickabjure, forswear(also foreswear), recant, renounce, retract, take back, unsay, withdrawavoid, bypass, detourcontradict, deny, disown, negatecontrovert, disagree (with), disprove, dispute, rebut, refuteback down, back off, backtrackdisallow, recall, renege, revoke turn one's back on accept, agree (to), approve condone, countenance, swallow, tolerateadopt, embrace, receive, take, welcomeaccede, acquiesce, agree, assent, consentchoose, handpick, selectespouse, support v.decline, refuse, reject, repudiate, spurn mean to turn away by not accepting, receiving, or considering.decline often implies courteous refusal especially of offers or invitations.declined his party's nomination refuse suggests more positiveness or ungraciousness and often implies the denial of something asked for.refused to lend them the money reject implies a peremptory refusal by sending away or discarding.rejected the manuscript as unpublishable repudiate implies a casting off or disowning as untrue, unauthorized, or unworthy of acceptance.teenagers who repudiate the values of their parents spurn stresses contempt or disdain in rejection or repudiation.spurned his overtures of friendship in the 14th century |