mindmap root((拒绝)) decline implies courteous refusal especially of offers or invitations: ~d the invitation to dinner. refuse suggests more decisiveness or ungraciousness and often implies the denial of something expected or asked for: ~d them the loan they needed. reject implies a peremptory refusal by or as if by sending away or discarding: ~ed the plan as unworkable. repudiate implies a casting off or disowning as untrue, unauthorized, or unworthy of acceptance: ~d the values of their parents. spurn stresses contempt or disdain in rejecting or repudiating: ~ed his amorous advances.