2
be unwilling(expression, idiom, unwillingness)
2
close the hand(expression, idiom, refusal)
2
decline(verb, reject, oppose, refuse, renounce)
2
dislike(mind, smart, object, protest, hate)
2
negative(verb, decline, reject, oppose, refuse)
2
object to(verb, expression, mind, smart, dislike)
2
recant(verb, decline, reject, oppose, refuse)
2
reject(verb, decline, refuse, renounce, disagree)
2
repent
2
scrimp(restrain, spare, withhold, skimp)
2
yearn(verb, crave, covet, envy, resent)
1
famish
1
starve
1
abjure(verb, decline, reject, refuse, renounce)
1
abnegate(verb, decline, reject, oppose, refuse)
1
admiration
1
aspire to(verb, expression, fancy, want, crave)
1
balk
1
balk at
1
ban(verb, decline, reject, oppose, refuse)
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