REFUSES

Show unwillingness towards

Example: "He declined to join the group on a hike"

• decline  10

• react  7
• respond  10

• disdain  9
• freeze off
• pooh-pooh
• reject  15
• • scorn  7
  • spurn  7
  • turn down
  • contract out
  • regret  7
  • repudiate  12
  • disobey  13
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• accept  12

Not accept as true

Example: "He refused to accept what she said"

• decline  10
• pass up
• reject  15
• turn down

• dishonor  12
• dishonour  13
• bounce  10

• accept  12

Elude, especially in a baffling way

Example: "This behavior defies explanation"

• defy  11
• resist  6

• elude  6
• escape  10

• beggar  10

Refuse to let have

Example: "She denies me every pleasure"

• deny  8

• hold on
• keep  10

• keep back
• withhold  18

Resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ

Example: "His body rejected the liver of the donor"

• reject  15
• resist  6

Refuse entrance or membership

Example: "They turned away hundreds of fans"

• reject  15
• turn away
• turn down