Diferencias entre las palabras reject, decline, refuse and deny

 Diferencias entre las palabras reject, decline, refuse and deny

  De la siguiente lista tenemos tres palabras que sirven para rechazar cosas, personas, peticiones,... a diferencia de la palabra "deny" que también sirve para negar algo que no es cierto.

Decline [di KLYN]

1. To slope downward or aside
2. To sink; wane; near the end
3. To lessen in force, health, value
4. To sink to behavior that is base or immoral
5. To refuse to accept

Examples:

• In dealing with a zombie, you need not decline to its level
• The value of the Euro declined in 2013
• That shop is in decline and is not what it once was

Deny [di NY)

1. To declare something untrue
2. Contradic
3. To not accept as actual
4. To reject as unfounded, unreal, etc
5. To disown
6. To refuse to acknowledge as one´s own
7. Rerepudiate
8. To not allow the use of or access to
9. Refuse to grant or give
10. To refuse a person´s request
11. Deny opposite is accept
12. To refuse to give somebody something

Examples:

• Sara denied the charge that she had cheated on her diet
• I deny all your access to the alcoholic drinks in my restaurant
• I must deny your request for parole 

Reject [re yt]

1. To refuse to accept, submit to, believe, or make use of
2. To refuse to consider or grant
3. To refuse to recognize or give affection to
4. to discard as useless

Examples:

• The council rejects thousands of job applicants each year
• The woman rejected my proposal last night

Notes:  

• A refuse = the place where you put garbaje

• You can get rejected by a woman on a date

• You can also feel rejection when she rejects you ;)

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