considering. decline often implies courteous refusal esp. of offers or invitations . refuse suggests more positiveness or ungraciousness and often implies the denial of something asked for . reject implies a peremptory refusal by sending away or discarding . repudiate implies a casting off or disowning as untrue, unauthorized, or unworthy of acceptance . spurn stresses contempt or disdain in rejection or repudiation . 2decline n (14c) 1: the process of declining: a: a gradual physical or mental sinking and wasting away b: a change to a lower state or level 2: the period during which something is deteriorating or approaching its end 3: a downward slope: declivity 4: a wasting disease; esp: pulmonary tuberculosis syn see deterioration
unconscionable 1: not guided or controlled by conscience: unscrupulous 2 a: excessive, unreasonable b: shockingly unfair or unjust <~ sales practices> —— un.con.scio.na.bil.i.ty n —— un.con.scio.na.ble.ness n —— un.con.scio.na.bly adv
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