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4
decline(verb, action, denial)
4
dismiss(verb, action, denial)
4
exclude(verb, action, denial)
4
let go(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb)
4
rebuff(verb, action, denial)
4
spurn(verb, action, denial)
4
turn down(verb, action, denial)
3
abdicate(verb, action, abandonment, desertion)
3
back out(verb, phrasal verb, action, abandonment)
3
forsake(verb, action, abandonment, desertion)
3
give over(verb, phrasal verb, action, abandonment)
3
hand over(verb, phrasal verb, action, abandonment)
3
pull out(verb, phrasal verb, action, abandonment)
3
relinquish(verb, action, abandonment, desertion)
3
throw out(verb, phrasal verb, action, abandonment)
3
throw over(verb, phrasal verb, action, abandonment)
2
cede(verb, action, abandonment, desertion)
2
desert(verb, action, abandonment, desertion)
2
extirpate(verb, action, abandonment)
2
leave(verb, action, abandonment, desertion)
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APASmart Define. (2016). bear thesaurus. Retrieved September 25, 2026, from https://smartdefine.org/bear/thesaurus/antonyms
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