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cull

n. the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality

reject

v. refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper"

disapprove, refuse to approve

v. deem wrong or inappropriate; "I disapprove of her child rearing methods"

decline, refuse, turn down, pass up

v. refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality"

scorn, disdain, turn down, spurn, pooh-pooh, freeze off

v. reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances"

apostatize, apostatise, tergiversate

v. abandon one's beliefs or allegiances

abjure, recant, forswear, retract

v. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"

abnegate

v. deny or renounce; "They abnegated their gods"

refuse to acknowledge, disavow

v. refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with; "Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children"

disqualify, pronounce unfit

v. declare unfit; "She was disqualified for the Olympics because she was a professional athlete"

step down, quit, leave office

v. give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"

demur, except

v. take exception to; "he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday"

veto, interdict, forbid, prohibit, proscribe, disallow

v. command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"

void, invalidate, nullify, annul, avoid, quash

v. declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"

deny, declare untrue

v. declare untrue; contradict; "He denied the allegations"; "She denied that she had taken money"

reject, scorn, disdain, turn down, spurn, pooh-pooh, freeze off

v. reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances"

decline, refuse

v. show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on a hike"

refrain, abstain, desist, abstain from, desist from, refrain from

v. choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol"

decline, worsen, grow worse, get worse

v. grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"

reject, decline, refuse, turn down, pass up

v. refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality"

disregard, neglect, slight, ignore, cold-shoulder

v. have no respect for

renounce, repudiate

v. cast off or disown; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son"

rebuff, repulse, repel, drive off, fight off, drive back

v. force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack"

accept

v. consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument"

embrace, espouse, sweep up

v. take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; "She embraced Catholicism"; "They adopted the Jewish faith"

choose, see proper, see fit

v. see fit or proper to act in a certain way; decide to act in a certain way; "She chose not to attend classes and now she failed the exam"

prefer, like better

v. like better; value more highly; "Some people prefer camping to staying in hotels"; "We prefer sleeping outside"

sanction, okay, approve, ok

v. give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies"

license, licence, certify

v. authorize officially; "I am licensed to practice law in this state"

take, have, accept

v. receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present"

take, take on, accept, admit

v. admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"

take up, adopt, take over, borrow

v. take up and practice as one's own

have, receive

v. get something; come into possession of; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front"

consent, accept, go for, consent to

v. give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution"

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