spurn
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DECLINE often implies courteous refusal especially of offers or invitations. e.g. declined his party's nomination
REFUSE suggests more positiveness or ungraciousness and often implies the denial of something asked for. e.g. refused to lend them the money
REJECT implies a peremptory refusal by sending away or discarding. e.g. rejected the manuscript as unpublishable
REPUDIATE implies a casting off or disowning as untrue, unauthorized, or unworthy of acceptance. e.g. teenagers who repudiate the values of their parents
e.g. spurned his overtures of friendship
verb with object
｟文｠ (プライドが高く)〈申し出など〉を拒否する, はねつける(reject); 〈恋人〉を振る e.g. he spoke gruffly, as if afraid that his invitation would be spurned.
e.g. with one touch of my feet, I spurn the solid Earth.
noun archaic
e.g. it is a spurn of God's sovereignty, and a slight of his goodness.
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